diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ab6dbce14..294709d1c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,40 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.12 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.12 (2018-12-14)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
+  * tools: New commands --install-key and --remove-key for
+    gpg-wks-client.  This allows to prepare a Web Key Directory on a
+    local file system for later upload to a web server.
+
+  * gpg: New --list-option "show-only-fpr-mbox".  This makes the use
+    of the new gpg-wks-client --install-key command easier on Windows.
+
+  * gpg: Improve processing speed when --skip-verify is used.
+
+  * gpg: Fix a bug where a LF was accidentally written to the console.
+
+  * gpg: --card-status now shwos whether a card has the new KDF
+    feature enabled.
+
+  * agent: New runtime option --s2k-calibration=MSEC.  New configure
+    option --with-agent-s2k-calibration=MSEC.  [#3399]
+
+  * dirmngr: Try another keyserver from the pool on receiving a 502,
+    503, or 504 error.  [#4175]
+
+  * dirmngr: Avoid possible CSRF attacks via http redirects.  A HTTP
+    query will not anymore follow a 3xx redirect unless the Location
+    header gives the same host.  If the host is different only the
+    host and port is taken from the Location header and the original
+    path and query parts are kept.
+
+  * dirmngr: New command FLUSHCRL to flush all CRLS from disk and
+    memory.  [#3967]
+
+  * New simplified Chinese translation (zh_CN).
+
+  Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4289
+  See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q4/000433.html
+
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.11 (2018-11-06)
 -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index d46efd934..4580a39ba 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
   can be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the
   GNU General Public License.
 
-  Note that the 2.0 series of GnuPG will reach end-of-life on
-  2017-12-31.  It is not possible to install a 2.2.x version along
-  with any 2.0.x version.
-
+  Note that the 2.0 series of GnuPG reached end-of-life on 2017-12-31.
+  It is not possible to install a 2.2.x version along with any 2.0.x
+  version.
 
 * BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
 
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@
 
   Add other options as needed.
 
-
 * MIGRATION from 1.4 or 2.0 to 2.2
 
   The major change in 2.2 is gpg-agent taking care of the OpenPGP
@@ -168,7 +166,6 @@
               fi
             done )
 
-
 * DOCUMENTATION
 
   The complete documentation is in the texinfo manual named
@@ -181,7 +178,6 @@
   version of the manual pertaining to the current development snapshot
   is at [[https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg-devel/]] .
 
-
 * Installing GnuPG 2.2. and GnuPG 1.4
 
   GnuPG 2.2 is a current version of GnuPG with state of the art
@@ -192,7 +188,6 @@
   possible, the 2.2 version can be installed under the name "gpg2"
   using the configure option --enable-gpg-is-gpg2.
 
-
 * HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION
 
   A description of new features and changes since version 2.1 can be