diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index f39e64546408dba68b66ed41e85d8688fa63e4d2..97bcbdfd2353025b650c88682faa7f892b9fd499 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CCK 6.x-3.x
 ===========
 
 Features:
+- #692822 by Dave Reid, add authoring info and publishing options to CCK extra fields.
 - #428650 Conditional cache/menu rebuild for content CRUD methods.
 - #334945 Save default values when field is hidden because of access permissions.
 - #196421 Deleting unwanted multiple values / multiple values delta issues.
diff --git a/content.module b/content.module
index cbc6b25b995d91c8e973dbeaecc02c06f28dca5b..5b3e173eeffc437e6ab636351db7a76dfb38bdc0 100644
--- a/content.module
+++ b/content.module
@@ -2534,6 +2534,16 @@ function content_content_extra_fields($type_name) {
     'description' => t('Node module form.'),
     'weight' => 20
   );
+  $extra['author'] = array(
+    'label' => t('Authoring information'),
+    'description' => t('Node module form.'),
+    'weight' => 20,
+  );
+  $extra['options'] = array(
+    'label' => t('Publishing options'),
+    'description' => t('Node module form.'),
+    'weight' => 25,
+   );  
   if (module_exists('comment')) {
     $extra['comment_settings'] = array(
       'label' => t('Comment settings'),