diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b3a0b2580..77f30a8bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ o Upgraded the shipped libdnet to 1.12. [Kris]
 
 o Upgraded the OpenSSL shipped for Windows to 0.9.8i. [Kris]
 
+o Updated IANA assignment IP list for random IP (-iR)
+  generation. [Kris]
+
 Nmap 4.76 [2008-9-12]
 
 o There is a new "external" script category, for NSE scripts which
diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index c817c5e9d..91f290a4d 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ static int ip_is_reserved(struct in_addr *ip)
     case 50:        /* 050/8 is IANA reserved       */
     case 55:        /* misc. U.S.A. Armed forces    */
     case 127:       /* 127/8 is reserved for loopback */
-    case 197:       /* 197/8 is IANA reserved       */
     case 223:       /* 223/8 is IANA reserved       */
       return 1;
     default: