diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 83e9cba0c..00acca1c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 2003-08-05  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
+	Released 1.9.0.
+	
 	* configure.ac (GNUPG_DEFAULT_HONMEDIR): Changed back to ~/.gnupg.
-
+	
 2003-07-31  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): Add g10defs.h
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index be749a5c1..d5c639042 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-EXTRA_DIST = scripts/config.rpath  autogen.sh
+EXTRA_DIST = scripts/config.rpath  autogen.sh README-alpha
 DISTCLEANFILES = g10defs.h 
 
 if BUILD_GPG
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e6b9f1af..8165e07b7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
- * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2.  This is a
-   temporary solution to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
+      ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
 
- * The default config file is ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 if it exists.
+ * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2.  This is a
+   temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
+
+ * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
+   usual gpg.conf.
 
  * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands.  -k is now an alias to
    --list-keys.  New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 060f31d97..3bfcbe026 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 # Version number: Remember to change it immediately *after* a release.
 #                 Add a "-cvs" prefix for non-released code.
-AC_INIT(gnupg, 1.9.0-cvs, gnupg-devel@gnupg.org)
+AC_INIT(gnupg, 1.9.0, gnupg-devel@gnupg.org)
 # Set development_version to yes if the minor number is odd or you
 # feel that the default check for a development version is not
 # sufficient.