diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 132f689..eebb931 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Finish 'Deferring' section of manual
 * get account on fencepost.gnu.org (email accounts@gnu.org) 
   set up copyright papers? 
   'assign.future' and 'request-assign.future.manual'
diff --git a/stow.texi b/stow.texi
index 265ef0f..bd7ef5e 100644
--- a/stow.texi
+++ b/stow.texi
@@ -561,7 +561,8 @@ can actually take a long time (a number of seconds).  Moreover, an accurate
 analysis of potential conflicts, requires us to take in to account all of
 these operations.
 
-Accidentally stowing a package that will result in a conflict
+Accidentally stowing a package that will result in a conflict ...
+FIXME - doesn't look like this section was ever finished.
 
 @c ===========================================================================
 @node Mixing Operations, Multiple Stow Directories, Deferred Operation, Top