diff --git a/IMPROVEMENTS b/IMPROVEMENTS
index 0d2fb4036dd92ca36eea1bc7c33a457f7b9091c6..f447960fb40728eb460f147496c75c346962065c 100644
--- a/IMPROVEMENTS
+++ b/IMPROVEMENTS
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Improvements in GNU nano
 ========================
 
 Since 2.7.0:
-  - The ability to display line numbers in front of the text.
+  - The keystroke ^] to complete a fragment to an existing full word.
+  - The ability to display line numbers in front of the text (M-#).
 
 Since 2.6.0:
   - Shift plus the cursor keys can be used for selecting text.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9712b9f0fc6b8d5a36b0b16e1af6ba5815e0affe..f224ba00229378b9c7633c84165323879e2d1198 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2016.12.12 - GNU nano 2.7.2 "Shemesh! Shemesh!" brings another feature:
+		the ability to complete with one keystroke (^] by default)
+		a fragment of a word to a full word existing elsewhere in
+		the current buffer.  Besides, this release fixes two bugs
+		related to using line numbers in softwrap mode, allows to
+		use the PageUp and PageDown keys together with Shift on
+		VTE-based terminals, stops the help lines from flickering
+		during interactive replacing, makes a "set fill" override
+		an earlier "set nowrap", properly restores the selected
+		region after an external spell check, and improves a few
+		other tidbits.  If you should find any more bugs, please
+		run 'man nano | grep bugs' and report them there.
+
 2016.10.29 - GNU nano 2.7.1 "Leuven" adds an often-asked-for feature: the
 		ability to display line numbers beside the text.  This can
 		be activated with -l or --linenumbers on the command line,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3abbc7b994e9788015ac72a61bc2363d2bf38a0c..fdf0d40df666de6e1f3c86ca77e1c7620d8a08a1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 
-AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.7.1], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
+AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.7.2], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nano.c])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
diff --git a/doc/man/nano.1 b/doc/man/nano.1
index 5f63ce68043846451e6d6ae11598f8f628bb6bbe..225e7687207a7ea9e002efbd5418a5a1af5d199c 100644
--- a/doc/man/nano.1
+++ b/doc/man/nano.1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 .\"   Documentation License along with this program.  If not, see
 .\"   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .\"
-.TH NANO 1 "version 2.7.1" "October 2016"
+.TH NANO 1 "version 2.7.2" "December 2016"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 
 .SH NAME
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ that is not immediately undone, or after any reindentation, earlier edits
 cannot be undone any more.  The workaround is, of course, to exit without
 saving.
 .sp
-Please report any other bugs that you encounter via
+Please report any other bugs that you encounter via:
+.br
 \fIhttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano\fR.
 
 .SH HOMEPAGE
diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5 b/doc/man/nanorc.5
index f90019c9c21e21b37119e9868a43bc2dcc6ddcf1..489ab58b6e210e5649e967eaaf7d44330490aeac 100644
--- a/doc/man/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/man/nanorc.5
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 .\"   Documentation License along with this program.  If not, see
 .\"   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .\"
-.TH NANORC 5 "version 2.7.1" "October 2016"
+.TH NANORC 5 "version 2.7.2" "December 2016"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 
 .SH NAME
diff --git a/doc/man/rnano.1 b/doc/man/rnano.1
index 89e3beb5081e0623784cbf0fa0d5de7565f8db53..e0341d7caaecec925ece8bb4b58b8cf3724c6bfe 100644
--- a/doc/man/rnano.1
+++ b/doc/man/rnano.1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\"   Documentation License along with this program.  If not, see
 .\"   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .\"
-.TH RNANO 1 "version 2.7.1" "October 2016"
+.TH RNANO 1 "version 2.7.2" "December 2016"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 
 .SH NAME
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
index 22fde0b163b418d268853db754e332a71f879215..06431ac8813606c7da486445456612373b1ee752 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 @smallbook
 @set EDITION 0.4
-@set VERSION 2.7.1
-@set UPDATED October 2016
+@set VERSION 2.7.2
+@set UPDATED December 2016
 
 @dircategory Editors
 @direntry
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @titlepage
 @title GNU @code{nano}
 @subtitle a small and friendly text editor.
-@subtitle version 2.7.1
+@subtitle version 2.7.2
 
 @author Chris Allegretta
 @page