diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5413114..4baba3c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+####################### V 1.7.0.1:
+
 corrections:
 	fixed possible SIGSEGV in listening addresses when a new connection was
 	reset by peer before the socket addresses could be retrieved. Thanks to
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ corrections:
 	half close of EXEC and SYSTEM addresses did not work for pipes and
 	sometimes socketpair
 
-	help displayed some option types wrong
+	help displayed for some option a wrong type
 
 	under some circumstances shutdown was called multiple times for the
 	same fd
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 179d9ec..ac13dd8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.7.0.0+execshut+connecttimeout+segvonaccept+endclose"
+"1.7.0.1"
diff --git a/doc/socat.yo b/doc/socat.yo
index 528d091..e06a908 100644
--- a/doc/socat.yo
+++ b/doc/socat.yo
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def(Filan)(0)(bf(Filan))
 def(procan)(0)(bf(procan))
 def(Procan)(0)(bf(Procan))
 
-manpage(socat)(1)(Oct 2008)()()
+manpage(socat)(1)(Apr 2009)()()
 
 whenhtml(
 label(CONTENTS)
diff --git a/socat.c b/socat.c
index 6abdcb6..ed53435 100644
--- a/socat.c
+++ b/socat.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: socat.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2009 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this is the main source, including command line option parsing, general
diff --git a/socat.spec b/socat.spec
index 370c246..b62286f 100644
--- a/socat.spec
+++ b/socat.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 %define majorver 1.7
-%define minorver 0.0
+%define minorver 0.1
 
 Summary: socat - multipurpose relay
 Name: socat
diff --git a/xiohelp.c b/xiohelp.c
index 090d419..5ae7f83 100644
--- a/xiohelp.c
+++ b/xiohelp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xiohelp.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2009 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the source for the help function */