diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index f04334d6..d259a5d7 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-07-28  Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com> (tiny change)
+
+	* texi2pod.pl: Use the warnings module only when it is available.
+
 2010-05-27  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
 
 	* wget.texi (Download Options): Document that -k can be used with -O
diff --git a/doc/texi2pod.pl b/doc/texi2pod.pl
index 2b743cfb..57a8ac8f 100755
--- a/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 # something suitable for a manpage from a Texinfo document.
 
 use warnings;
+BEGIN { eval { require warnings; } and warnings->import; }
 
 $output = 0;
 $skipping = 0;