diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0c4303b45..33866d2bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1
   nose-style function/method/generator setup/teardown and 
   tries to report functions correctly. 
 
-* capturing of unicode writes to sys.stdout/err work better within
-  encoded as "utf8" by default, also terminalwriting was adapted 
-  and somewhat unified between windows and linux 
+* capturing of unicode writes or encoded strings to sys.stdout/err 
+  work better, also terminalwriting was adapted and somewhat 
+  unified between windows and linux. 
 
 * improved documentation layout and content a lot
 
diff --git a/doc/test/plugin/nose.txt b/doc/test/plugin/nose.txt
index 46ae3e290..3a969c27d 100644
--- a/doc/test/plugin/nose.txt
+++ b/doc/test/plugin/nose.txt
@@ -8,46 +8,34 @@ nose-compatibility plugin: allow to run nose test suites natively.
   :local:
 
 This is an experimental plugin for allowing to run tests written 
-in the 'nosetests' style with py.test.  
-nosetests is a popular clone 
-of py.test and thus shares some philosophy.  This plugin is an 
-attempt to understand and neutralize differences.  It allows to 
-run nosetests' own test suite and a number of other test suites 
-without problems. 
+in 'nosetests' style with py.test.  
 
 Usage
 -------------
 
-If you type::
+type::
 
-    py.test -p nose 
+    py.test  # instead of 'nosetests'
 
-where you would type ``nosetests``, you can run your nose style tests.  
-You might also try to run without the nose plugin to see where your test
-suite is incompatible to the default py.test. 
+and you should be able to run nose style tests.  You will of course 
+get py.test style reporting and its feature set. 
 
-To avoid the need for specifying a command line option you can set an environment 
-variable::
+Issues? 
+----------------
 
-    PYTEST_PLUGINS=nose  
+If you find issues or have suggestions please run:: 
 
-or create a ``conftest.py`` file in your test directory or below::
+    py.test --pastebin=all 
 
-    # conftest.py 
-    pytest_plugins = "nose", 
-
-If you find issues or have suggestions you may run:: 
-
-    py.test -p nose --pastebin=all 
-
-to create a URL of a test run session and send it with comments to the issue
-tracker or mailing list. 
+and send the resulting URL to a some contact channel. 
 
 Known issues 
 ------------------
 
 - nose-style doctests are not collected and executed correctly,
-  also fixtures don't work.
+  also fixtures don't work. 
+
+- no nose-configuration is recognized
 
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diff --git a/py/test/defaultconftest.py b/py/test/defaultconftest.py
index 7fac4f3cc..a44d7ab09 100644
--- a/py/test/defaultconftest.py
+++ b/py/test/defaultconftest.py
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ Generator = py.test.collect.Generator
 Function = py.test.collect.Function
 Instance = py.test.collect.Instance
 
-pytest_plugins = "default runner capture terminal keyword xfail tmpdir execnetcleanup monkeypatch recwarn pdb pastebin unittest helpconfig".split()
+pytest_plugins = "default runner capture terminal keyword xfail tmpdir execnetcleanup monkeypatch recwarn pdb pastebin unittest helpconfig nose".split()
 
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_nose.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_nose.py
index e78f7598d..bc46e6caa 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_nose.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_nose.py
@@ -1,40 +1,26 @@
 """nose-compatibility plugin: allow to run nose test suites natively. 
 
 This is an experimental plugin for allowing to run tests written 
-in the 'nosetests' style with py.test.  
-nosetests is a popular clone 
-of py.test and thus shares some philosophy.  This plugin is an 
-attempt to understand and neutralize differences.  It allows to 
-run nosetests' own test suite and a number of other test suites 
-without problems. 
+in 'nosetests' style with py.test.  
 
 Usage
 -------------
 
-If you type::
+type::
 
-    py.test -p nose 
+    py.test  # instead of 'nosetests'
 
-where you would type ``nosetests``, you can run your nose style tests.  
-You might also try to run without the nose plugin to see where your test
-suite is incompatible to the default py.test. 
+and you should be able to run nose style tests.  You will of course 
+get py.test style reporting and its feature set. 
 
-To avoid the need for specifying a command line option you can set an environment 
-variable::
+Issues? 
+----------------
 
-    PYTEST_PLUGINS=nose  
+If you find issues or have suggestions please run:: 
 
-or create a ``conftest.py`` file in your test directory or below::
+    py.test --pastebin=all 
 
-    # conftest.py 
-    pytest_plugins = "nose", 
-
-If you find issues or have suggestions you may run:: 
-
-    py.test -p nose --pastebin=all 
-
-to create a URL of a test run session and send it with comments to the issue
-tracker or mailing list. 
+and send the resulting URL to a some contact channel. 
 
 Known issues 
 ------------------
@@ -42,6 +28,8 @@ Known issues
 - nose-style doctests are not collected and executed correctly,
   also fixtures don't work. 
 
+- no nose-configuration is recognized 
+
 """
 import py
 import inspect