diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cd094431..4d9dce72 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@
     Type: feature
     Changed: linkcheck/ansicolor.py
 
+  * Remember a <base href=""> tag in the link parser. Saves one HTML
+    parse.
+    Type: feature
+    Changed: linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py, linkcheck/linkparse.py
+
+  * Optimize link name parsing of img alt tags.
+    Type: feature
+    Changed: linkcheck/linkname.py
+
 1.13.5 "Die Musterknaben" (released 22.9.2004)
   * Use xgettext with Python support for .pot file creation, adjusted
     developer documentation.
diff --git a/linkcheck/linkname.py b/linkcheck/linkname.py
index 800b6bad..f556198c 100644
--- a/linkcheck/linkname.py
+++ b/linkcheck/linkname.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import linkcheck.strformat
 
 imgtag_re = re.compile(r"(?i)\s+alt\s*=\s*"+\
                        r"""(?P<name>("[^"\n]*"|'[^'\n]*'|[^\s>]+))""")
-img_re = re.compile(r"""(?i)<\s*img\s+("[^"\n]*"|'[^'\n]*'|[^>]+)+>""")
+img_re = re.compile(r"""(?i)<\s*img\s+("[^"\n]*"|'[^'\n]*'|[^>])+>""")
 endtag_re = re.compile(r"""(?i)</a\s*>""")
 
 def _unquote (txt):