diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62d74f8ef6cc03a5b94137c4968f9caac1ee6288..b1eea7b72bc3730a91482fa8803647b7c36b2932 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ General
   do_justify()
 	- Added restoration of totsize after unjustify command.
 
-nano 0.9.99-pre1 - 01/17/2001
+nano 0.9.99pre1 - 01/17/2001
 General
 	- Changed #ifdefs to check for both DISABLE_TABCOMP and
 	  NANO_SMALL, makes tiny option leave out tab completion, which
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99-pre1 is released.  This is the first pre-1.0
+01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released.  This is the first pre-1.0
 		release of nano, and is also the first release since the
 		code freeze for nano 1.0.  Don't expect (or request) any 
 		new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes,