diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5e2de7fdd..3800c351c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.25 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4ea6606cb..2c92c3152 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.10"
 # (git tag -s gnupg-2.n.m) and run "./autogen.sh --force".  Please
 # bump the version number immediately *after* the release and do
 # another commit and push so that the git magic is able to work.
-m4_define([mym4_version], [2.0.24])
+m4_define([mym4_version], [2.0.25])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
 # the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index a1ca4ba06..376a8f3be 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ online: gnupg.html gnupg.pdf
         if echo "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" | grep -- "-git" >/dev/null; then \
 	  dashdevel="-devel" ; \
 	else \
-          rsync -v gnupg.pdf $${user}@{webhost}:webspace/manuals/ ; \
+          rsync -v gnupg.pdf $${user}@$${webhost}:webspace/manuals/ ; \
         fi ; \
 	cd gnupg.html ; \
-        rsync -vr --exclude='.svn' .  \
-	  $${user}@{webhost}:webspace/manuals/gnupg$${dashdevel}/
+        rsync -vr --exclude='.git' .  \
+	  $${user}@$${webhost}:webspace/manuals/gnupg$${dashdevel}/