diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS.txt b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
index fea0b9d7fddcdba5846c8e43f0ff89a915960108..07c88d24abf785a451fc82b79dfa4ca946263c2d 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-2.8.5: improved stability and error handling, better Coherence function, updated
-onelab API version and inline parameter definitions, new background image modes,
-more robust Triangulate/Tetrahedralize plugins, new PGF output, improved support
-for string~index variable names in parser, small improvements and bug fixes all
-over the place.
+2.8.5 (Jul 9, 2014): improved stability and error handling, better Coherence
+function, updated onelab API version and inline parameter definitions, new
+background image modes, more robust Triangulate/Tetrahedralize plugins, new PGF
+output, improved support for string~index variable names in parser, small
+improvements and bug fixes all over the place.
 
 2.8.4 (Feb 7, 2014): better reproductibility of 2D meshes; new mandatory 'Name'
 attribute to define onelab variables in DefineConstant[] & co; new
diff --git a/doc/gmsh.html b/doc/gmsh.html
index c5bab259bf0e34771e121d58d97c8b6e704334c8..871f9ff24a5397e25d4a7f0d5b4475491405557f 100644
--- a/doc/gmsh.html
+++ b/doc/gmsh.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities</h1>
 
 <h4 align="center">Christophe Geuzaine and Jean-Fran�ois Remacle</h4>
 
-<h4 align="center">Version 2.8.4, February 7 2014</h4>
+<h4 align="center">Version 2.8.5, July 9 2014</h4>
 
 <center>
   <a href="#Description">Description</a> |
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ the <a href="doc/LICENSE.txt">GNU General Public License
   <li>
     <p class="highlight">
       <strong>Current stable release</strong>: Windows
-      <a href="bin/Windows/gmsh-2.8.4-Windows.zip"><strong>32 bit</strong></a> /
-      <a href="bin/Windows/gmsh-2.8.4-Windows64.zip"><strong>64 bit</strong></a>,
+      <a href="bin/Windows/gmsh-2.8.5-Windows.zip"><strong>32 bit</strong></a> /
+      <a href="bin/Windows/gmsh-2.8.5-Windows64.zip"><strong>64 bit</strong></a>,
       Linux
-      <a href="bin/Linux/gmsh-2.8.4-Linux.tgz"><strong>32 bit</strong></a> /
-      <a href="bin/Linux/gmsh-2.8.4-Linux64.tgz"><strong>64 bit</strong></a>,
-      <a href="bin/MacOSX/gmsh-2.8.4-MacOSX.dmg"><strong>Mac OS X</strong></a>
+      <a href="bin/Linux/gmsh-2.8.5-Linux.tgz"><strong>32 bit</strong></a> /
+      <a href="bin/Linux/gmsh-2.8.5-Linux64.tgz"><strong>64 bit</strong></a>,
+      <a href="bin/MacOSX/gmsh-2.8.5-MacOSX.dmg"><strong>Mac OS X</strong></a>
       and
-      <a href="src/gmsh-2.8.4-source.tgz"><strong>source code</strong></a>
+      <a href="src/gmsh-2.8.5-source.tgz"><strong>source code</strong></a>
     </p>
     <p>
       <em>A <a href="doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#Tutorial"><strong>tutorial</strong></a>