diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS.txt b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
index 9181722164fac4911feb4851f2a9895b5407824f..cd9262ccf41a737f08a616a13a955b07490f53a3 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.16.0 (January 2, 2017): small improvements (list functions, second order hexes
+2.16.0 (January 3, 2017): small improvements (list functions, second order hexes
 for MED, GUI) and bug fixes.
 
 2.15.0 (December 4, 2016): fixed several regressions (multi-file partitioned