diff --git a/changes/bug25582 b/changes/bug25582
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..609b94aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug25582
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (documentation):
+    - Revert a misformatting issue in the ExitPolicy
+      documentation. Fixes bug 25582; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
diff --git a/changes/bug25679 b/changes/bug25679
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9247a2915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug25679
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (compilation, rust):
+    - Build correctly when the rust dependencies submodule is loaded,
+      but the TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES environment variable is not set.
+      Fixes bug 25679; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2045e0d5f..143044956 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -440,23 +440,23 @@ if test "x$enable_rust" = "xyes"; then
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([rust crate dependencies])
     AC_ARG_VAR([TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES], [path to directory with local crate mirror])
     if test "x$TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES" = "x"; then
-      TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES="$srcdir/src/ext/rust/"
-      NEED_MOD=1
+      TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES="${srcdir}/src/ext/rust/crates"
     fi
+    dnl Check whether the path exists before we try to cd into it.
     if test ! -d "$TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES"; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([Rust dependency directory $TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES does not exist. Specify a dependency directory using the TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES variable or allow cargo to fetch crates using --enable-cargo-online-mode.])
       ERRORED=1
     fi
+    dnl Make the path absolute, since we'll be using it from within a
+    dnl subdirectory.
+    TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES=$(cd "$TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES" ; pwd)
+
     for dep in $rust_crates; do
       if test ! -d "$TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES"/"$dep"; then
         AC_MSG_ERROR([Failure to find rust dependency $TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES/$dep. Specify a dependency directory using the TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES variable or allow cargo to fetch crates using --enable-cargo-online-mode.])
         ERRORED=1
       fi
     done
-    if test "x$NEED_MOD" = "x1"; then
-      dnl When looking for dependencies from cargo, pick right directory
-      TOR_RUST_DEPENDENCIES="../../src/ext/rust"
-    fi
     if test "x$ERRORED" = "x"; then
       AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
     fi
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 80769412f..415cd6f3a 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
         on different SocksPorts, TransPorts, etc are always isolated from one
         another. This option overrides that behavior.)
 
+// Anchor only for formatting, not visible in the man page.
 [[OtherSocksPortFlags]]::
     Other recognized __flags__ for a SocksPort are:
     **NoIPv4Traffic**;;
@@ -1267,6 +1268,7 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
         authentication" when IsolateSOCKSAuth is disabled, or when this
         option is set.
 
+// Anchor only for formatting, not visible in the man page.
 [[SocksPortFlagsMisc]]::
     Flags are processed left to right. If flags conflict, the last flag on the
     line is used, and all earlier flags are ignored. No error is issued for
@@ -1904,7 +1906,8 @@ is non-zero):
        reject *:6881-6999
        accept *:*
 
-[[ExitPolicyDefault]] **ExitPolicyDefault**::
+// Anchor only for formatting, not visible in the man page.
+[[ExitPolicyDefault]]::
     Since the default exit policy uses accept/reject *, it applies to both
     IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
 
@@ -2079,6 +2082,7 @@ is non-zero):
         If the address is absent, or resolves to both an IPv4 and an IPv6
         address, only listen to the IPv6 address.
 
+// Anchor only for formatting, not visible in the man page.
 [[ORPortFlagsExclusive]]::
     For obvious reasons, NoAdvertise and NoListen are mutually exclusive, and
     IPv4Only and IPv6Only are mutually exclusive.