diff --git a/2012/zeitak/README.md b/2012/zeitak/README.md
index a34b78f42..de84049c9 100644
--- a/2012/zeitak/README.md
+++ b/2012/zeitak/README.md
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ code](#alternate-code) below.
 ## To use:
 
 ```sh
-./zeitak < file.c
+./zeitak < file
 ```
 
-where `file.c` is the file to be checked for nesting errors. For example, you may
-try [incorrect.c](incorrect.c) and the program itself.
+where `file` is the file to be checked for nesting errors. For example, you may
+try [incorrect.c](incorrect.c) and the program itself. You may also run it on
+text files that are not code.
 
 
 ## Try:
@@ -24,15 +25,15 @@ try [incorrect.c](incorrect.c) and the program itself.
 make test
 ```
 
-NOTE: it prints an error and exits on the first nesting error so it will not
-detect multiple issues!
+NOTE: the program prints an error and exits on the first nesting error so it
+will not detect multiple issues.
 
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
-This version, [zeitak.alt.c](zeitak.alt.c), is a version that has been slightly
-deobfuscated.  You may find reading it helpful in your attempt to understand
-this extremely subtle entry.
+The alternate code, [zeitak.alt.c](zeitak.alt.c), is a version that was slightly
+deobfuscated by the author. You may find reading it helpful in your attempt to
+understand this extremely subtle entry.
 
 
 ### Alternate build:
@@ -51,11 +52,19 @@ Use `zeitak.alt` as you would `zeitak` above.
 
 This is an extremely subtle and twisted piece of Gold award winning code!
 
-The judges had spent a considerable amount of time analyzing this entry.
+The judges spent a considerable amount of time analyzing this entry.
 At one point we spent
 [18
 minutes](https://web.archive.org/web/20130925190722/https://twitter.com/ioccc/status/252162898800033792)
-just to understand 18 key characters of this code.
+just to understand _18 key **characters**_ of this code.
+
+NOTE: if you use vim to view the code, make sure to do:
+
+```
+:set tabstop=4
+```
+
+in command mode, before looking at the code, to see the correct layout.
 
 
 ## Author's remarks:
@@ -89,6 +98,7 @@ printf(")");
 
 * Doesn't get confused by the [1984/anonymous](/1984/anonymous/anonymous.c) entry!
 
+
 #### Mis-Features
 
 * Escapes (e.g. `\"`) are ignored, so the following line will produce
diff --git a/2012/zeitak/correct.java b/2012/zeitak/correct.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37a2eb866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/zeitak/correct.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// (( zeitak reports that this is correct but is that actually true when this is
+// java? :-) )
+public static void main(String[] args)
+{
+}
diff --git a/2012/zeitak/incorrect.java b/2012/zeitak/incorrect.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00d21d4db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2012/zeitak/incorrect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// zeitak reports that this is incorrect but is that actually surprising when
+// this is java? :-) But what makes it incorrect?
+public static void main(String[] args)
+{ 
+}
diff --git a/2012/zeitak/test.sh b/2012/zeitak/test.sh
index 81ff65b5d..8f47f2c74 100755
--- a/2012/zeitak/test.sh
+++ b/2012/zeitak/test.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ zeitak()
 	return
     fi
 
-    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run show $1 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show $1 (space = next page, q = quit): "
     echo 1>&2
     less -rEXFK "$1"
     read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to test $1 for nesting errors: "
@@ -61,4 +61,8 @@ zeitak incorrect.1.quote.c 10
 
 zeitak incorrect.txt 10
 
+zeitak incorrect.java 10
+
+zeitak correct.java 3
+
 exit "$ERROR"
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index b31a82268..7ee2aaefa 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -3859,12 +3859,18 @@ does this for the few who might use Windows.
 
 ## <a name="2012_zeitak"></a>[2012/zeitak](/2012/zeitak/zeitak.c) ([README.md](/2012/zeitak/README.md]))
 
-[Cody](#cody) added the `make test` rule and the [test.sh](/2012/zeitak/test.sh) along
-with a number of files that will correctly be flagged as incorrect (including
-a text file to show that it's not that it parses C but rather just matching
-pairs though that's probably obvious) and also some that are correct including
+[Cody](#cody) [test.sh](/2012/zeitak/test.sh) script and the `make test` rule
+that uses the script along with a number of files that will correctly be flagged
+as incorrect (including a text file and a java file, with a joke, to show that
+it's not that it parses C but rather just matching pairs though that's probably
+obvious) and some correctly nested files were also added including
 [1984/anonymous](/1984/anonymous/README.md) (as the author explicitly mentioned
-it).
+it) and a java file as well with another joke.
+
+A minor point is that the author noted that one should
+look at the program source with tab space of 4 characters so Cody added the
+command to do this in vim for those who use it, in the judges' remarks, to make
+it easier for those who do not know how, and to make it more obvious to try it.
 
 
 # <a name="2013"></a>2013