diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 3947fbed0..f1a071360 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-01-09  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* cygthread.cc (cygthread::cygthread): Be more noisy about odd
+	condition.
+	* miscfuncs.cc (low_priority_sleep): Sleep in regular priority if
+	that's what we're currently running at.
+
 2003-01-09  Thomas Pfaff  <tpfaff@gmx.net>
 
 	* include/semaphore.h: Modify typedef for sem_t.
@@ -198,12 +205,12 @@
 
 2002-12-19  Pierre Humblet <pierre.humblet@ieee.org>
 
-        * localtime.cc (tzsetwall): Set lcl_is_set and lcl_TZname
-        in the Cygwin specific part of the routine.
+	* localtime.cc (tzsetwall): Set lcl_is_set and lcl_TZname
+	in the Cygwin specific part of the routine.
 
 2002-12-19  Pierre Humblet <pierre.humblet@ieee.org>
 
-        * fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::open): Use "flags" rather than "mode"
+	* fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::open): Use "flags" rather than "mode"
 	in Win9X directory code.
 
 2002-12-19  Steve Osborn  <bub@io.com>
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
index 5328a39bd..a354125ba 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ cygthread::cygthread (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE start, LPVOID param,
     low_priority_sleep (0);
 #else
     {
-      thread_printf ("waiting for %s<%p> to become active", __name, h);
+      system_printf ("waiting for %s<%p> to become active", __name, h);
       low_priority_sleep (0);
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
index e58565942..a47625cf9 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
@@ -306,13 +306,12 @@ low_priority_sleep (DWORD secs)
       staylow = true;
     }
 
-  /* Force any threads in normal priority to be scheduled */
-  SetThreadPriority (thisthread, THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
-  Sleep (0);
-
-  SetThreadPriority (thisthread, THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE);
+  if (curr_prio != THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
+    /* Force any threads in normal priority to be scheduled */
+    SetThreadPriority (thisthread, THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
   Sleep (secs);
-  if (!staylow)
+
+  if (!staylow || curr_prio == THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
     SetThreadPriority (thisthread, curr_prio);
   return curr_prio;
 }