diff --git a/doc/ANNOUNCE b/doc/ANNOUNCE
index 67e784ded..b3e916eb8 100644
--- a/doc/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/doc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-I'm pleased to announce hledger 1.34, with cli cleanups, tldr
-integration, and ghc-debug support.
+I'm pleased to announce hledger 1.40, with a new config file system,
+sortable register output, FODS output, and prettier tables.
 
-- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.34
-- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2024-06-01-hledger-134
+- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.40
+- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2024-09-09-hledger-140
 - https://hledger.org/install
 
 Best,
diff --git a/doc/ANNOUNCE.masto b/doc/ANNOUNCE.masto
index b7d4827e8..17d81fe3d 100644
--- a/doc/ANNOUNCE.masto
+++ b/doc/ANNOUNCE.masto
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-I'm pleased to announce hledger 1.34, with cli cleanups, tldr
-integration, and ghc-debug support.
+I'm pleased to announce hledger 1.40, with a new config file system,
+sortable register output, FODS output, and prettier tables.
 
-- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.34
-- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2024-06-01-hledger-134
+- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/releases/1.40
+- https://hledger.org/relnotes.html#2024-09-09-hledger-140
 - https://hledger.org/install
 
 #hledger is free, robust, friendly, multicurrency, double-entry,