diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 564ce67da..0a0d0fb4a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Peter Doornbosch
 Peter Hulst
 Peter Janes
 Peter Reilly
+Petr Kureš
 Phil Hanna
 Philip Hourihane
 Phillip Wells
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 137221276..d61779537 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ Other changes:
  * MailLogger can now add CC and BCC addresses.
    Bugzilla Report 57789.
 
+ * <scp>'s buffer size has been increased from 1k to 100k to match
+   <ftp> and <get>.
+   github pull requests #8 and #9
+
 Changes from Ant 1.9.3 TO Ant 1.9.4
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/contributors.xml b/contributors.xml
index 299cee8ea..d7c7162c8 100644
--- a/contributors.xml
+++ b/contributors.xml
@@ -1201,6 +1201,10 @@
     <first>Peter</first>
     <last>Reilly</last>
   </name>
+  <name>
+    <first>Petr</first>
+    <last>Kureš</last>
+  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Phil</first>
     <last>Hanna</last>