diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 159d835cc32b7588a506d970b8e85b143616fbb0..9277fd69a96ba29d80eddc8aea50af9d0c12f048 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2008/03/18 - GNU nano 2.1.0 "under old mismanagement" is released.
+		This first release in the 2.1 development series
+		introduces rebinadble keys for most actions inside
+                the editor.  Please see the nanorc(5) page for
+		more information on configuring key bindings.  Please 
+		also report all keybinding bugs (crashes, missing 
+		menu functions) using the Savannah bug tracker URL,
+		https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano and
+		thanks for sticking with us!
+
 2007/12/20 - GNU nano 2.0.7 keeps its balance.  This release fixes
 		several bugs, among others: a segfault and several
 		cursor positioning problems when uncutting text or
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cac7f30613de32e35063a54bb996e845eaaf33f0..09b22d436237a9c5328c480e03218e84a0871be4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 # $Id$
 
-AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.0.99-cvs], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
+AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.1.0], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nano.c])
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET([])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE