diff --git a/API b/API
index 18f92a5c..c850df53 100644
--- a/API
+++ b/API
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ See lame.h for details.
    lame_global_flags *gfp;
    gfp = lame_init();
 
-The default (if you set nothing) is a a J-Stereo, 44.1khz
+The default (if you set nothing) is a  J-Stereo, 44.1khz
 128kbps CBR mp3 file at quality 5.  Override various default settings 
 as necessary, for example:
 
@@ -84,11 +84,21 @@ return code = number of bytes output to mp3buffer.  This can be 0.
 int lame_encode_flush(lame_global_flags *,char *mp3buffer, int mp3buffer_size);
 
 
-7.  Write all remaining data to mp3 file.  If the file was
-encoded using VBR and you want to add a Xing VBR header:
+7.  Write the Xing VBR/INFO tag to mp3 file.  
 
 void lame_mp3_tags_fid(lame_global_flags *,FILE* fid);
 
+This adds a valid mp3 frame which contains information about the
+bitstream some players may find usefull.  It is used for CBR,ABR and
+VBR.  The routine will attempt to rewind the output stream to the
+beginning.  If this is not possible, (for example, you are encoding to
+stdout) you should specifically disable the tag by calling
+lame_set_bWriteVbrTag(gfp,0) in step 3 above, and call
+lame_mp3_tags_fid() with fid=NULL.  If the rewind fails and
+the tag was not disabled, the first mp3 frame in the bitstream
+will be all 0's.
+
+
 
 8. free the internal data structures.
 
diff --git a/Dll/BladeMP3EncDLL.c b/Dll/BladeMP3EncDLL.c
index 0807541a..1ebcfe49 100644
--- a/Dll/BladeMP3EncDLL.c
+++ b/Dll/BladeMP3EncDLL.c
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ __declspec(dllexport) BE_ERR	beInitStream(PBE_CONFIG pbeConfig, PDWORD dwSamples
 	// Set input sample frequency
 	lame_set_in_samplerate( gfp, lameConfig.format.LHV1.dwSampleRate );
 
+        // disable INFO/VBR tag by default.  
+        // if this tag is used, the calling program must call beWriteVBRTag()
+        // after encoding.  But the original DLL documentation does not 
+        // require the 
+        // app to call beWriteVBRTag() unless they have specifically
+        // set LHV1.bWriteVBRHeader=TRUE.  Thus the default setting should
+        // be disabled.  
+	lame_set_bWriteVbrTag( gfp, 0 );
+
 //2001-12-18 Dibrom's ABR preset stuff
 
 	if(lameConfig.format.LHV1.nPreset == 11)		// --ALT-PRESET ABR
@@ -559,8 +568,7 @@ now --vbr-mtrh is known as --vbr-new
 	}
 
 	// check if the VBR tag is required
-	if ( ( TRUE == lameConfig.format.LHV1.bWriteVBRHeader) &&
-		 ( vbr_off != lame_get_VBR( gfp ) ) )
+	if ( TRUE == lameConfig.format.LHV1.bWriteVBRHeader) 
 	{
 		lame_set_bWriteVbrTag( gfp, 1 );
 	}
@@ -796,8 +804,7 @@ __declspec(dllexport) BE_ERR beWriteVBRHeader(LPCSTR lpszFileName)
 	BE_ERR beResult	=BE_ERR_SUCCESSFUL;
 
 	// Do we have to write the VBR tag?
-	if (	( lame_get_bWriteVbrTag( gfp ) ) && 
-			( vbr_off != lame_get_VBR( gfp ) ) )
+	if (	 lame_get_bWriteVbrTag( gfp )
 	{
 
 		// Try to open the file
diff --git a/Dll/Example.cpp b/Dll/Example.cpp
index 70b5ffe9..3bd68ed8 100644
--- a/Dll/Example.cpp
+++ b/Dll/Example.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	// Close output file
 	fclose( pFileOut );
 
-	// Write the VBR Tag
+	// Write the INFO Tag
 	beWriteVBRHeader( strFileOut );
 
 	// Were done, return OK result
diff --git a/Dll/LameDLLInterface.htm b/Dll/LameDLLInterface.htm
index c9ce826d..aaf76557 100644
--- a/Dll/LameDLLInterface.htm
+++ b/Dll/LameDLLInterface.htm
@@ -96,8 +96,12 @@ stream. </p>
 <p>5. Close the stream using <a href="#beCloseStream()">beCloseStream()
 </a></p>
 
-<p>6. And optionally call the <a href="#beWriteVBRHeader()">beWriteVBRHeader()</a>
-functions, to insert a Xing MP3 Header</p>
+<p>6. Finally, call the <a href="#beWriteVBRHeader()">beWriteVBRHeader()</a>
+functions, to insert the INFO tag MP3 Header.  This is an extension
+of the Xing VBR tag which is also used for CBR encodings.  
+This call can only
+be omitted if the INFO tag was explicilty disabled in the 
+BE_CONFIG Structure.</p>
 
 <p>A handy feature is the available <a
 href="#Lame_enc.dll debug option">Lame_enc.dll debug option</a>,