diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b16622b1435c758a62f86e54a5b1d10f520c9ee..2e035206bb5c8ab361dd0fb433f9e56c0c387b39 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ GNU nano 2.5.3 - 2016.02.25
 
 2016-02-22  Chris Allegretta  <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* Add the ability to kill the trailing spaces when justifying text,
-	by adding a new nanorc option 'justifytrim' -- we'll see
-	whether this warrants a command-line flag or not.  Now with slightly
+	by adding a new nanorc option 'justifytrim' -- we'll see whether
+	this warrants a command-line flag or not.  Now with slightly
 	better logic for multi-spaced lines.
 
 2016-02-22  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9a543078647eca024cc0fa3c2f6aac84e335ddac..7ccfb387cde2cb3ff5c5983ff5884b83c97a9dd4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 2016.02.25 - GNU nano 2.5.3 "Alphys" is released.  This release
 		contains fixes for bugs like: stray cursor positioning
-		errors, many many memory leaks including file reading, 
+		errors, many many memory leaks including file reading,
 		using the file browser, searching for multi-byte characters,
 		history completion, and many other places.
 			New features include the ability to trim whitespace
 		from the ends of lines when justifying text, see nanorc(5)
-		option justifytrim for deets. As always thank you for your
+		option justifytrim for deets.  As always thank you for your
 		continued support of nano, and keep sparing.
 
 2016.02.12 - GNU nano 2.5.2 is carrying too many dogs.  This release includes
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 715f28f73a4688a4b32991bab6ff201eeac52b1a..96fc65a661290cad29e8a916671181b70e0436ca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 # $Id$
 
-AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.5.3], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
+AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.5.3-svn], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nano.c])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE