diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f733c03ef..198d1bbdd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 General/project-related changes in the hledger project. 
 For package-specific changes, see the package changelogs.
 
-# 5eb69785
+# ee026f54
 
 - examples: clean up & add more budgeting examples
 
-
 - examples: stripe csv
 
 - The functional tests in tests/ have been moved into the respective
diff --git a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
index 78c83927a..596863de8 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Internal/api/developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib (and hledger) packages.
 For user-visible changes, see the hledger package changelog.
 
-# 255d4753
+# 16a212af
 
 - added: journalApplyAliases, transactionApplyAliases, postingApplyAliases
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
index fcfe32e3e..9459ad0fb 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-ui.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
-# 9730b69a
-
-
+# d40d53ae
 
 - When entering a query with `/`, malformed queries/regular expressions
   no longer cause the program to exit. (Stephen Morgan)
diff --git a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
index ca85d7a42..294b16baf 100644
--- a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-web.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
-# 5f9635c7
-
-
+# d40d53ae
 
 - Re-enable hledger-web's test suite, and include it in the main executable.
   hledger-web --test [-- HSPECARGS] runs it.
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index 10d89f81d..8f9e5b777 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 User-visible changes in the hledger command line tool and library.
 
 
-# 255d4753
+# 26dc66e1
+
+- strict mode: the new -s/--strict common flag requires that 
+  all accounts and commodities are declared with directives.
+
+- check: A new command which consolidating the various check-* commands.
+  It runs the default, strict, or specified checks and produces
+  no output and a zero exit code if all is well.
+
+- check-dates: this command is deprecated and will be removed
+  in next release; use "hledger check ordereddates" instead.
+
+- check-dupes: this command is deprecated and will be removed
+  in next release; use "hledger check uniqueleafnames" instead.
 
 - csv, timedot, timeclock files now respect command line --alias options,
   like journal files.  (#859)