diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 31ef38df..377e3191 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Version 1.4 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    * Allow to override $serendipity['languages'] array, do not issue
+      s9y version number in RSS feed if 'expose_s9y' is disabled.
+      
     * Add new config option to entryproperties plugin to not use
       extensive joins to save performance in cases where no ACLs
       need to be evaluated. (garvinhicking)
diff --git a/include/functions_smarty.inc.php b/include/functions_smarty.inc.php
index 1ba7b4db..d902a845 100644
--- a/include/functions_smarty.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions_smarty.inc.php
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ function serendipity_smarty_init($vars = array()) {
                 'serendipityBaseURL'        => $serendipity['baseURL'],
                 'serendipityRewritePrefix'  => $serendipity['rewrite'] == 'none' ? $serendipity['indexFile'] . '?/' : '',
                 'serendipityIndexFile'      => $serendipity['indexFile'],
-                'serendipityVersion'        => $serendipity['version'],
+                'serendipityVersion'        => ($serendipity['expose_s9y'] ? $serendipity['version'] : ''),
 
                 'lang'                      => $serendipity['lang'],
                 'category'                  => $category,