diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07978514e8..52cf53adaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ official `hiredis` C library, which is non-blocking and fast.  To use `hiredis`,
     
 If `hiredis` is installed, `node_redis` will use it by default.
 
-## Why?
+
+## Why so many Redis clients for node?
 
 `node_redis` works in the latest versions of node, is published in `npm`, is used by many people, and is in production on a
 number of sites.
@@ -23,6 +24,33 @@ number of sites.
 with recent versions of node.
 
 
+## Performance
+
+Here are typical results of `multi_bench.js` which is similar to `redis-benchmark` from the Redis distribution.
+It uses 50 concurrent connections with no pipelining.
+
+JavaScript parser:
+
+    PING: 20000 ops 42283.30 ops/sec 0/5/1.182
+    SET: 20000 ops 32948.93 ops/sec 1/7/1.515
+    GET: 20000 ops 28694.40 ops/sec 0/9/1.740
+    INCR: 20000 ops 39370.08 ops/sec 0/8/1.269
+    LPUSH: 20000 ops 36429.87 ops/sec 0/8/1.370
+    LRANGE (10 elements): 20000 ops 9891.20 ops/sec 1/9/5.048
+    LRANGE (100 elements): 20000 ops 1384.56 ops/sec 10/91/36.072
+
+hiredis parser:
+
+    PING: 20000 ops 46189.38 ops/sec 1/4/1.082
+    SET: 20000 ops 41237.11 ops/sec 0/6/1.210
+    GET: 20000 ops 39682.54 ops/sec 1/7/1.257
+    INCR: 20000 ops 40080.16 ops/sec 0/8/1.242
+    LPUSH: 20000 ops 41152.26 ops/sec 0/3/1.212
+    LRANGE (10 elements): 20000 ops 36563.07 ops/sec 1/8/1.363
+    LRANGE (100 elements): 20000 ops 21834.06 ops/sec 0/9/2.287
+
+The performance of `node_redis` improves dramatically with pipelining.
+
 ## Usage
 
 Simple example, included as `example.js`:
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 070932b61b..de523a5828 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+## v0.4.1 - December 8, 2010
+
+Remove warning about missing hiredis.  You probably do want it though.
+
 ## v0.4.0 - December 5, 2010
 
 Support for multiple response parsers and hiredis C library from Pieter Noordhuis.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 72ebf8c91e..0169396f22 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,19 +8,21 @@ var net = require("net"),
     default_port = 6379,
     default_host = "127.0.0.1";
 
+// can set this to true to enable for all connections
+exports.debug_mode = false;
+
 // hiredis might not be installed
 try {
     require("./lib/parser/hiredis");
     parsers.push(require("./lib/parser/hiredis"));
 } catch (err) {
-    console.log("hiredis parser not installed.");
+    if (exports.debug_mode) {
+        console.log("hiredis parser not installed.");
+    }
 }
 
 parsers.push(require("./lib/parser/javascript"));
 
-// can set this to true to enable for all connections
-exports.debug_mode = false;
-
 function to_array(args) {
     var len = args.length,
         arr = new Array(len), i;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 21915ac2e3..8c9e1780b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {   "name" : "redis",
-    "version" : "0.4.0",
+    "version" : "0.4.1",
     "description" : "Redis client library",
     "author": "Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>",
     "contributors": [