diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 806d147d99..3699dbc99d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ Changes in version 0.2.1.20 - 2009-??-??
       overall failure. Bugfix on 0.1.2.6-alpha. Fixes bug 1075. Reported
       by SwissTorExit.
 
+  o Minor features:
+    - Add a "getinfo status/accepted-server-descriptor" controller
+      command, which is the recommended way for controllers to learn
+      whether our server descriptor has been successfully received by at
+      least on directory authority. Un-recommend good-server-descriptor
+      getinfo and status events until we have a better design for them.
+
 
 Changes in version 0.2.1.19 - 2009-07-28
   Tor 0.2.1.19 fixes a major bug with accessing and providing hidden
diff --git a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
index 0cc3bb2928..cf92e2b9e3 100644
--- a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ $Id$
     "status/circuit-established"
     "status/enough-dir-info"
     "status/good-server-descriptor"
+    "status/accepted-server-descriptor"
     "status/..."
       These provide the current internal Tor values for various Tor
       states. See Section 4.1.10 for explanations. (Only a few of the
@@ -1488,18 +1489,22 @@ $Id$
        We successfully uploaded our server descriptor to at least one
        of the directory authorities, with no complaints.
 
-       {This event could affect the controller's idea of server status, but
-       the controller should not interrupt the user to tell them so.}
+       {Originally, the goal of this event was to declare "every authority
+       has accepted the descriptor, so there will be no complaints
+       about it." But since some authorities might be offline, it's
+       harder to get certainty than we had thought. As such, this event
+       is equivalent to ACCEPTED_SERVER_DESCRIPTOR below. Controllers
+       should just look at ACCEPTED_SERVER_DESCRIPTOR and should ignore
+       this event for now.}
 
      NAMESERVER_STATUS
      "NS=addr"
      "STATUS=" "UP" / "DOWN"
      "ERR=" message
         One of our nameservers has changed status.
-        // actually notice
 
-       {This event could affect the controller's idea of server status, but
-       the controller should not interrupt the user to tell them so.}
+        {This event could affect the controller's idea of server status, but
+        the controller should not interrupt the user to tell them so.}
 
      NAMESERVER_ALL_DOWN
         All of our nameservers have gone down.
diff --git a/src/or/control.c b/src/or/control.c
index 90c99fd51a..328da21862 100644
--- a/src/or/control.c
+++ b/src/or/control.c
@@ -1789,7 +1789,11 @@ getinfo_helper_events(control_connection_t *control_conn,
       *answer = tor_strdup(has_completed_circuit ? "1" : "0");
     } else if (!strcmp(question, "status/enough-dir-info")) {
       *answer = tor_strdup(router_have_minimum_dir_info() ? "1" : "0");
-    } else if (!strcmp(question, "status/good-server-descriptor")) {
+    } else if (!strcmp(question, "status/good-server-descriptor") ||
+               !strcmp(question, "status/accepted-server-descriptor")) {
+      /* They're equivalent for now, until we can figure out how to make
+       * good-server-descriptor be what we want. See comment in
+       * control-spec.txt. */
       *answer = tor_strdup(directories_have_accepted_server_descriptor()
                            ? "1" : "0");
     } else if (!strcmp(question, "status/reachability-succeeded/or")) {