diff --git a/database/database.mysql b/database/database.mysql
index 08d6f73f81a113283a2a338da73d1f334b83572a..91ba88792111f1a3d9611cda3d1eeb67cea0d3b0 100644
--- a/database/database.mysql
+++ b/database/database.mysql
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ CREATE TABLE page (
 #
 
 CREATE TABLE poll (
-  lid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
   nid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   runtime int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
   voters text NOT NULL,
diff --git a/modules/poll.module b/modules/poll.module
index d08d949dc33955a34941e6b8c8c242c7b283adaa..26d01c4216f400d0c6c77c297ddf4b65e7e71ca0 100644
--- a/modules/poll.module
+++ b/modules/poll.module
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ function poll_block() {
 
 function poll_cron() {
   // Close polls that have exceeded their allowed runtime
-  $result = db_query("SELECT p.lid FROM poll p LEFT JOIN node n ON p.nid=n.nid WHERE (n.created + p.runtime) < '" . time() . "' AND p.active = '1' AND p.runtime != '0'");
+  $result = db_query("SELECT p.nid FROM poll p LEFT JOIN node n ON p.nid=n.nid WHERE (n.created + p.runtime) < '" . time() . "' AND p.active = '1' AND p.runtime != '0'");
   while ($poll = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    db_query("UPDATE poll SET active='0' WHERE lid='$poll->lid'");
+    db_query("UPDATE poll SET active='0' WHERE nid='$poll->nid'");
   }
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function poll_form(&$node, &$help, &$error) {
   $admin = user_access("administer nodes");
 
   $_duration = array(0 => t("Unlimited"), 86400 => format_interval(86400), 172800 => format_interval(172800), 345600 => format_interval(345600), 604800 => format_interval(604800), 1209600 => format_interval(1209600), 2419200 => format_interval(2419200), 4838400 => format_interval(4838400), 9676800 => format_interval(9676800), 31536000 => format_interval(31536000));
-  $_active = array(0 => "Closed", 1 => "Active");
+  $_active = array(0 => t("Closed"), 1 => t("Active"));
 
   $node->choices = $node->choices ? $node->choices : max(2, count($node->choices) ? count($node->choices) : 5);
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function poll_form(&$node, &$help, &$error) {
 }
 
 function poll_help() {
- ?>
+ ?><p>Drupal's poll module allows users to submit multiple-choice questions that others can vote on.</p>
  <?php
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/poll/poll.module b/modules/poll/poll.module
index d08d949dc33955a34941e6b8c8c242c7b283adaa..26d01c4216f400d0c6c77c297ddf4b65e7e71ca0 100644
--- a/modules/poll/poll.module
+++ b/modules/poll/poll.module
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ function poll_block() {
 
 function poll_cron() {
   // Close polls that have exceeded their allowed runtime
-  $result = db_query("SELECT p.lid FROM poll p LEFT JOIN node n ON p.nid=n.nid WHERE (n.created + p.runtime) < '" . time() . "' AND p.active = '1' AND p.runtime != '0'");
+  $result = db_query("SELECT p.nid FROM poll p LEFT JOIN node n ON p.nid=n.nid WHERE (n.created + p.runtime) < '" . time() . "' AND p.active = '1' AND p.runtime != '0'");
   while ($poll = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    db_query("UPDATE poll SET active='0' WHERE lid='$poll->lid'");
+    db_query("UPDATE poll SET active='0' WHERE nid='$poll->nid'");
   }
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function poll_form(&$node, &$help, &$error) {
   $admin = user_access("administer nodes");
 
   $_duration = array(0 => t("Unlimited"), 86400 => format_interval(86400), 172800 => format_interval(172800), 345600 => format_interval(345600), 604800 => format_interval(604800), 1209600 => format_interval(1209600), 2419200 => format_interval(2419200), 4838400 => format_interval(4838400), 9676800 => format_interval(9676800), 31536000 => format_interval(31536000));
-  $_active = array(0 => "Closed", 1 => "Active");
+  $_active = array(0 => t("Closed"), 1 => t("Active"));
 
   $node->choices = $node->choices ? $node->choices : max(2, count($node->choices) ? count($node->choices) : 5);
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function poll_form(&$node, &$help, &$error) {
 }
 
 function poll_help() {
- ?>
+ ?><p>Drupal's poll module allows users to submit multiple-choice questions that others can vote on.</p>
  <?php
 }
 
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 64f4c4acb18e7c0362237405e8b104bbb918d216..9762f35fc9290043d1e804f6aadec894715cd1c0 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
   "2002-04-08" => "update_24",
   "2002-04-14 : modules/themes web config" => "update_25",
   "2002-04-14 : new taxonomy system" => "update_26",
-  "2002-04-16" => "update_27"
+  "2002-04-16" => "update_27",
+  "2002-04-20" => "update_28"
 );
 
 // Update functions
@@ -411,6 +412,10 @@ function update_27() {
   update_sql("ALTER TABLE book ADD log TEXT;");
 }
 
+function update_28() {
+  update_sql("ALTER TABLE poll DROP lid;");
+}
+
 /*
 ** System functions
 */