diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4032a90..4f322e1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## bunyan 0.13.5 (not yet released)
 
-(nothing yet)
+- [issue #39] Fix a bug with `client_req` handling in the default output
+  of the `bunyan` CLI.
 
 
 ## bunyan 0.13.4
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index 978040c..f111be4 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ function emitRecord(rec, line, opts, stylize) {
       delete client_req.port;
       s += format("%s %s HTTP/%s\n%s%s", client_req.method,
         client_req.url,
-        req.client_req.httpVersion || "1.1",
+        client_req.httpVersion || "1.1",
         hostHeaderLine,
         Object.keys(headers).map(
           function (h) { return h + ': ' + headers[h]; }).join('\n'));