diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 261fa155..a8d3e9b9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:14:10 +0200 <thp@perli.net>
+        + doc/dev/svncl.sed: Add script to convert "svn status" output to 
+          a ChangeLog entry, this is to move the sed code from the Makefile
+        * Makefile: Remove inline sed script and refer to svncl.sed from
+          the "make cl" target
+
 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:24:39 +0200 <thp@perli.net>
         ! New "opml" module that introduces shiny DOM-based OPML support
         * Makefile: Very cool "make cl" improvements with support for file 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a6da8201..ba954f83 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ help:
 ##########################################################################
 
 cl:
-	(echo "`date -R` <$(EMAIL)>"; svn status | grep '^[MAD]' | sed -e 's/^M *\(.*\)/        * \1: /' -e 's/^A *\(.*\)/        + \1: /' -e 's/^D *\(.*\)/        - \1: /'| sort; echo ""; cat $(CHANGELOG)) >$(CHANGELOG_TMP)
+	(echo "`date -R` <$(EMAIL)>" ; svn status | sed -f doc/dev/svncl.sed | sort ; echo ""; cat $(CHANGELOG)) >$(CHANGELOG_TMP)
 	cp $(CHANGELOG_TMP) $(CHANGELOG_EDT)
 	$(EDITOR) $(CHANGELOG_EDT)
 	diff -q $(CHANGELOG_TMP) $(CHANGELOG_EDT) || mv $(CHANGELOG_EDT) $(CHANGELOG)
diff --git a/doc/dev/svncl.sed b/doc/dev/svncl.sed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f64813e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/dev/svncl.sed
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# Simple sed script to convert the output of "svn status" to a format
+# suitable for appending to a ChangeLog file; used by the Makefile
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Thomas Perl <thp@perli.net>
+# Released under the terms of the GPL v2 or later
+#
+/^[^MAD].*$/d
+s/^M *\(.*\)$/        * \1: /
+s/^A *\(.*\)$/        + \1: /
+s/^D *\(.*\)$/        - \1: /