diff --git a/lib/examples/sk/splash.lyx b/lib/examples/sk/splash.lyx
index 9de341a185..87429a171c 100644
--- a/lib/examples/sk/splash.lyx
+++ b/lib/examples/sk/splash.lyx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#LyX 1.6.5svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
+#LyX 1.6.6svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
 \lyxformat 345
 \begin_document
 \begin_header
 \textclass article
 \use_default_options false
 \language slovak
-\inputencoding default
+\inputencoding auto
 \font_roman default
 \font_sans default
 \font_typewriter default
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 6e728e4414..56d5d254f6 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix compilation of the Math manual.
 
+- Fix the character encoding of the Slovak splash.lyx example file.
+
 
 * BUILD/INSTALLATION