diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index 80b3d0406..76d4b0e6e 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.1.1-alpha1" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">45472 - Fixed incorrect default row height in OpenOffice 2.3</action>
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44692 - HSSFPicture.resize() stretched image when there was a text next to it</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">45543 - Optionally extract comment text with PowerPointExtractor, and initial hslf model support for comments</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">45538 - Include excel headers and footers in the output of ExcelExtractor</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44894 - refactor duplicate logic from EventRecordFactory to RecordFactory</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hslf/how-to-shapes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hslf/how-to-shapes.xml
index 40ef32aa7..37bf18373 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hslf/how-to-shapes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hslf/how-to-shapes.xml
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@
                   </source>
                   </section>
                   
-                </section>
             <anchor id="HeadersFooters"/>
             <section><title>How to extract Headers / Footers from an existing presentation</title>
               <source>
@@ -663,6 +662,7 @@
           hdd.setFootersText("Created by POI-HSLF");
                 </source>
               </section>
+                </section>
         </section>
     </body>
 </document>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 71e0ea2b5..8edb88bd1 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.1.1-alpha1" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">45472 - Fixed incorrect default row height in OpenOffice 2.3</action>
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44692 - HSSFPicture.resize() stretched image when there was a text next to it</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">45543 - Optionally extract comment text with PowerPointExtractor, and initial hslf model support for comments</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">45538 - Include excel headers and footers in the output of ExcelExtractor</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44894 - refactor duplicate logic from EventRecordFactory to RecordFactory</action>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFRow.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFRow.java
index e7de1df5d..2a2d3635c 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFRow.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFRow.java
@@ -465,7 +465,14 @@ public final class HSSFRow implements Comparable {
 
     public short getHeight()
     {
-        return row.getHeight();
+        short height = row.getHeight();
+
+        //The low-order 15 bits contain the row height.
+        //The 0x8000 bit indicates that the row is standard height (optional) 
+        if ((height & 0x8000) != 0) height = sheet.getDefaultRowHeight();
+        else height &= 0x7FFF;
+
+        return height;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -475,7 +482,7 @@ public final class HSSFRow implements Comparable {
 
     public float getHeightInPoints()
     {
-        return (row.getHeight() / 20);
+        return ((float)getHeight() / 20);
     }
 
     /**