diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS.txt b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
index a55ebe6388fd6ac359d0d365f735e50440b6199f..935010d51b64d92afa317e785c07427dbfb929c1 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-2.12.0: improved interactive definition of physical groups and handling of
-ONELAB clients; improved full quad algorithm; added support for list of strings;
-fixed various bugs.
+2.12.0 (March 5, 2016): improved interactive definition of physical groups and
+handling of ONELAB clients; improved full quad algorithm; added support for list
+of strings; fixed various bugs.
 
 2.11.0 (November 7, 2015): new Else/ElseIf commands; new OptimizeMesh command;
 Plugin(ModifyComponents) replaces Plugin(ModifyComponent); new VTK and X3D
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index e1ba0f9781856a6550de6e9ed3fa5705a4195328..f730f8482095e6ea79255d6ab56e7ee8574fa610 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @c =========================================================================
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename gmsh.info
-@set GMSH-VERSION 2.11
+@set GMSH-VERSION 2.12
 @set COPYRIGHT @copyright{} 1997-2016 Christophe Geuzaine, Jean-Fran@,{c}ois Remacle
 @settitle Gmsh @value{GMSH-VERSION}
 @footnotestyle separate