diff --git a/MANUAL b/MANUAL
index a6b3ec17a..16aab400c 100644
--- a/MANUAL
+++ b/MANUAL
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Here are some issues that have been encountered, with workarounds:
 
 - A ghc panic while building might be due to http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3862
 
+Release notes are at http://hledger.org/NEWS.html .
+
 Basic usage
 ...........
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5317a2a38..17cdd6a6a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ I use it every day to:
 Here is a demo_ of the web interface.
 
 Here are ready-to-run binaries_ for mac, windows and gnu/linux.
-Unfortunately they are not always the latest release, sorry about that.
+They are not always the `latest release`_, sorry about that.
 
 Here is the manual_.
 For support and more technical info, see `hledger for techies`_ or `email me`_.
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ For support and more technical info, see `hledger for techies`_ or `email me`_.
 .. _32 bit intel:         http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6.1+9-linux-i386.gz
 .. _64 bit intel:         http://hledger.org/binaries/hledger-0.6-linux-x86_64.gz
 .. _email me:             mailto:simon@joyful.com
+.. _latest release:       http://hledger.org/MANUAL.html#installing
diff --git a/README2 b/README2
index 787ed463b..92fab0da3 100644
--- a/README2
+++ b/README2
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ The hledger project aims to produce:
 
 hledger is free software by `Simon Michael`_ & `co.`_, released under GNU GPLv3.
 
+2010/02/11: `hledger 0.8 released <http://hledger.org/NEWS.html#TOC-hledger-08>`_
+
 **Learn**
- manual_, news_, screenshots_, `some extra tips`_
+ news_, manual_, screenshots_, `some extra tips`_
 
 **Download**
  ``cabal install hledger``,