diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/xorriso/xorriso.1
index 6d55ead6..3fe2a231 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso.1
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso.1
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ changes.
 .br
 -outdev can be performed without previous -dev or -indev. In that case an
 empty ISO image with no changes pending is created. It can either be populated
-by help of -add or it can be discarded silently if -dev or -indev are
-performed afterwards.
+by help of -map, -add et.al. or it can be discarded silently if -dev or -indev
+are performed afterwards.
 .br
 Special address string "-" means standard output, to which several restrictions
 apply. See above paragraph "Libburn drives".
@@ -1430,10 +1430,13 @@ It is possible to do this by several individual settings. E.g.
 .br
 But that should hardly be necessary.
 .br
-The El Torito object gets inserted into the ISO image at -commit time.
+A El Torito boot catalog file gets inserted into the ISO image at -commit time.
 Its location is the effective cat_path= .
 It is subject to normal -overwrite and -reassure processing if there is already
 a file with the same name.
+.br
+The setting of -boot_image will change to "isolinux" "patch" after successful
+writing of a session with -boot_image "isolinux" bootspec.
 .TP
 .B Exception processing:
 .PP
diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
index 77f58a9d..05df654e 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.09.30.174925"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.10.02.092354"
diff --git a/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c b/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
index 836aa7a1..08b59867 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
+++ b/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
@@ -1174,8 +1174,13 @@ ex:;
 
  if(ret<=0) {
    /* >>> ??? revive discarded boot image */;
+ } else if(xorriso->boot_image_bin_path[0]) {
+   xorriso->keep_boot_image= 1;
+   xorriso->patch_isolinux_image= 1;
+   xorriso->boot_image_bin_path[0]= 0;
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Switched to  -boot_image isolinux patch");
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "NOTE", 0);
  }
-
  if(disc!=NULL)
    burn_disc_free(disc);
  isoburn_igopt_destroy(&sopts, 0);