diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/transmogrify/PrimitiveClasses.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/transmogrify/PrimitiveClasses.java
index cf20c24a9..0a12f31be 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/transmogrify/PrimitiveClasses.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/usage/transmogrify/PrimitiveClasses.java
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class PrimitiveClasses {
 
-  public static ExternalClass BOOLEAN = new ExternalClass(Boolean.TYPE);
-  public static ExternalClass CHAR = new ExternalClass(Character.TYPE);
-  public static ExternalClass BYTE = new ExternalClass(Byte.TYPE);
-  public static ExternalClass SHORT = new ExternalClass(Short.TYPE);
-  public static ExternalClass INT = new ExternalClass(Integer.TYPE);
-  public static ExternalClass LONG = new ExternalClass(Long.TYPE);
-  public static ExternalClass FLOAT = new ExternalClass(Float.TYPE);
-  public static ExternalClass DOUBLE = new ExternalClass(Double.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass BOOLEAN = new ExternalClass(Boolean.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass CHAR = new ExternalClass(Character.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass BYTE = new ExternalClass(Byte.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass SHORT = new ExternalClass(Short.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass INT = new ExternalClass(Integer.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass LONG = new ExternalClass(Long.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass FLOAT = new ExternalClass(Float.TYPE);
+  public static final ExternalClass DOUBLE = new ExternalClass(Double.TYPE);
 
   private static List order;
 
diff --git a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
index 75a474c92..332007625 100755
--- a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
         abstract methods (property ignoreAbstractMethods, bug
         1084512)</li>
 
+        <li>Applied patch 1079192 (thanks to Dave Brosius)</li>
+
       </ul>
     </section>