diff --git a/src/ex_cmds.c b/src/ex_cmds.c
index 0bef623c0e..a217402476 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds.c
@@ -6460,7 +6460,7 @@ helptags_one(dir, ext, tagfname, add_help_tags)
     /*
      * Find all *.txt files.
      */
-    dirlen = STRLEN(dir);
+    dirlen = (int)STRLEN(dir);
     STRCPY(NameBuff, dir);
     STRCAT(NameBuff, "/**/*");
     STRCAT(NameBuff, ext);
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 9bc2ebf213..708e48742e 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    744,
 /**/
     743,
 /**/