diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 9b3739a8730a0890b09c7ce624a9fb1f0a5e4dc8..fe3d45266726144882acf91ab33c0f571d95e078 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ editor.  Please see the ChangeLog for specific changes by author.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
-	* Main program author and maintainer
+	* Main program author and maintainer.
 
 Jordi Mallach <jordi@sindominio.net>
 	* Debian package maintainer, fellow bug squasher.
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ Adam Rogoyski <rogoyski@cs.utexas.edu>
 
 Robert Siemborski <rjs3@andrew.cmu.edu>
 	* Miscellaneous cut, display, replace, and other bug fixes,
-	  original "magic line" code, read_line() function, new
+	  original and new "magic line" code, read_line() function, new
 	  edit display routines.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 97bdfefcdc07d31acf59611df5863a254319f65b..4b9dd3d5c4ca520f16fd69d3f561f7b0ef5d16cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CVS code changes since last release -	
+nano-0.9.12 - 07/07/2000
 - all:
 	- New regexp search feature by Bill Soudan.  New flags USE_REGEXP
 	  and REGEXP_COMPILED, new functions regexp_init, regexp_cleanup
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 16fea0131ce53c4a0b1d53dbb2343ea1f2cd1747..0abb1eb80719a31d5c66dc5992949eba593b8a34 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+07/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new
+		features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor.  For
+		changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now
+		^W^R to be compatible with later version of Pico.
+		^W^T is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility.
+		As for new features, the wonderful/hated magic line
+		code has returned with a vengeance!  Also, regular
+		expression searches and replaces have been incorporated
+		via the -R flag.  And of course there are the usual
+		helping of display and other bug fixes to top it all
+		off.
+
 06/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
 		routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code
 		and almost all of the display routines.  There are many