--- a/config/texinfo.tex
+++ b/config/texinfo.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 % Load plain if necessary, i.e., if running under initex.
 \expandafter\ifx\csname fmtname\endcsname\relax\input plain\fi
 %
-\def\texinfoversion{2004-08-20.06}
+\def\texinfoversion{2004-08-27.06}
 %
 % Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
 % 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software
@@ -3533,7 +3533,10 @@
   \removelastskip
   %
   % We like breaks before the index initials, so insert a bonus.
-  \penalty -300
+  \nobreak
+  \vskip 0pt plus 3\baselineskip
+  \penalty 0
+  \vskip 0pt plus -3\baselineskip
   %
   % Typeset the initial.  Making this add up to a whole number of
   % baselineskips increases the chance of the dots lining up from column
@@ -3543,10 +3546,9 @@
   % No shrink because it confuses \balancecolumns.
   \vskip 1.67\baselineskip plus .5\baselineskip
   \leftline{\secbf #1}%
-  \vskip .33\baselineskip plus .1\baselineskip
-  %
   % Do our best not to break after the initial.
   \nobreak
+  \vskip .33\baselineskip plus .1\baselineskip
 }}
 
 % \entry typesets a paragraph consisting of the text (#1), dot leaders, and
@@ -6478,6 +6480,9 @@
     \ifx\captionline\empty \else
       \vskip.5\parskip
       \captionline
+      %
+      % Space below caption.
+      \vskip\parskip
     \fi
     %
     % If have an xref label, write the list of floats info.  Do this
@@ -6498,9 +6503,6 @@
         }}%
       }%
     \fi
-    %
-    % Space below caption, if we printed anything.
-    \ifx\printedsomething\empty \else \vskip\parskip \fi
   \egroup  % end of \vtop
   %
   % place the captured inserts