diff --git a/1994/tvr/README.md b/1994/tvr/README.md
index ddb9fbc47..3311142ee 100644
--- a/1994/tvr/README.md
+++ b/1994/tvr/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ The current status of this entry is:
 
 ```
 STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
-STATUS: uses gets() - change to fgets() if possible
 ```
 
 For more detailed information see [1994 tvr in bugs.md](/bugs.md#1994-tvr).
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ The author provided us a spoiler version that might be of interest to some.
 ### Alternate build:
 
 ```sh
-make tvr.alt
+make alt
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/1994/tvr/tvr.alt.c b/1994/tvr/tvr.alt.c
index 8996541f0..4840ab9c7 100644
--- a/1994/tvr/tvr.alt.c
+++ b/1994/tvr/tvr.alt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #define M     typedef
+#define gets(B) fgets((B),C-(B)+256,stdin),(B[strlen(B)-1]='\0'),1
 #define N(	 a)=r=(a)+j
 #define S f(; G; )D[B[H=i[--G]]=F+=F<p]++
 #define	f for
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ K ()
 _
 I (d F)
 {
-  F || gets (F = B);
+  F || (gets (B),F=B);
   y = atoi (F);
 }
 _
diff --git a/bugs.md b/bugs.md
index 9cbb31bb2..c52c760ca 100644
--- a/bugs.md
+++ b/bugs.md
@@ -1459,12 +1459,6 @@ You are welcome to try and fix it and open a pull request, providing that it
 doesn't break something else.
 
 
-### STATUS: uses gets() - change to fgets() if possible
-
-Although the entry itself was changed to use `fgets(3)` the alt code was not. It
-would be better if both used `fgets(3)`.
-
-
 # 1995
 
 
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 3b97574ae..7db16371d 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -1963,9 +1963,8 @@ check the [bugs.md](bugs.md) file.
 [Cody](#cody) made this use `fgets(3)` instead of `gets(3)`. In this case the newline had
 to be terminated but it was a pretty straightforward fix. `gets()` was defined
 to use `fgets()` and the inclusion of `stdio.h` had to be added but to make it
-more like the original entry this was done in the Makefile.
-
-Note that the alt code does not use `fgets(3)` but rather `gets(3)`.
+more like the original entry this was done in the Makefile. The alt code was
+also changed to use `fgets(3)`.
 
 
 ## <a name="1994_weisberg"></a>[1994/weisberg](/1994/weisberg/weisberg.c) ([README.md](/1994/weisberg/README.md]))