diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi
index 886d9abd5e6..dc1ed45630c 100644
--- a/Docs/manual.texi
+++ b/Docs/manual.texi
@@ -49674,12 +49674,22 @@ Our TODO section contains what we plan to have in 4.0. @xref{TODO MySQL 4.0}.
 @cindex changes, version 4.0
 
 @menu
+* News-4.0.3::                  Changes in release 4.0.3
 * News-4.0.2::                  Changes in release 4.0.2 (01 July 2002)
 * News-4.0.1::                  Changes in release 4.0.1 (23 Dec 2001)
 * News-4.0.0::                  Changes in release 4.0.0 (Oct 2001: Alpha)
 @end menu
 
-@node News-4.0.2, News-4.0.1, News-4.0.x, News-4.0.x
+@node News-4.0.3, News-4.0.2, News-4.0.x, News-4.0.x
+@appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.3
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Fixed a bug that made the pager option in the mysql client non-functional.
+@end itemize
+
+
+@node News-4.0.2, News-4.0.1, News-4.0.3, News-4.0.x
 @appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.2 (01 July 2002)
 
 @itemize @bullet
@@ -49942,6 +49952,7 @@ GRANT ... WITH MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR N1
 Added @code{mysql_secure_installation} to the @file{scripts/} directory.
 @end itemize
 
+
 @node News-4.0.1, News-4.0.0, News-4.0.2, News-4.0.x
 @appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.1 (23 Dec 2001)
 
@@ -50016,6 +50027,7 @@ the @code{FIRST} and @code{AFTER} keywords.
 Indexes are now used with @code{ORDER BY} on a whole @code{InnoDB} table.
 @end itemize
 
+
 @node News-4.0.0,  , News-4.0.1, News-4.0.x
 @appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.0 (Oct 2001: Alpha)
 
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 6bb51e51df0..bd40ae1d81d 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -4493,17 +4493,17 @@ static void get_options(int argc,char **argv)
   default_table_type_name=ha_table_typelib.type_names[default_table_type-1];
   default_tx_isolation_name=tx_isolation_typelib.type_names[default_tx_isolation];
   /* To be deleted in MySQL 4.0 */
-  if (!thd->variables.record_rnd_cache_size)
+  if (thd && !thd->variables.record_rnd_cache_size)
     thd->variables.record_rnd_cache_size= my_default_record_cache_size;
 
   /* Fix variables that are base 1024*1024 */
   myisam_max_temp_length=
     (my_off_t) min(((ulonglong)
-		    thd->variables.myisam_max_sort_file_size)*1024 * 1024,
+		    global_system_variables.myisam_max_sort_file_size)*1024 * 1024,
 		   (ulonglong) MAX_FILE_SIZE);
   myisam_max_extra_temp_length= 
     (my_off_t) min(((ulonglong)
-		    thd->variables.myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size)*1024*1024,
+		    global_system_variables.myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size)*1024*1024,
 		   (ulonglong) MAX_FILE_SIZE);
 
   myisam_block_size=(uint) 1 << my_bit_log2(opt_myisam_block_size);