diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a39a2fb..8308673 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2010.08, Not released yet:
+2010.08-rc1, Released July 30th, 2010:
 
 	Fixes all over the tree and new features.
 
diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 6adfe49..bcf9feb 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 config BR2_VERSION
 	string
-	default "2010.08-git"
+	default "2010.08-rc1"
 
 source "target/Config.in.arch"
 source "target/device/Config.in"
diff --git a/docs/download.html b/docs/download.html
index ff6dd2d..241c48e 100644
--- a/docs/download.html
+++ b/docs/download.html
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@
 or
 <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2010.05.tar.bz2">buildroot-2010.05.tar.bz2</a>.
 <p>
-<!--
-The latest release candidate is <b>2010.05-rc3</b>, which can be
+
+The latest release candidate is <b>2010.08-rc1</b>, which can be
 downloaded here:<p>
 
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2010.05-rc3.tar.gz">buildroot-2010.05-rc3.tar.gz</a>
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2010.08-rc1.tar.gz">buildroot-2010.08-rc1.tar.gz</a>
 or
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2010.05-rc3.tar.bz2">buildroot-2010.05-rc3.tar.bz2</a>.
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2010.08-rc1.tar.bz2">buildroot-2010.08-rc1.tar.bz2</a>.
 <p>
--->
+
 This and earlier releases can always be downloaded from
 <a href="/downloads/">http://buildroot.net/downloads/</a>.
 
diff --git a/docs/news.html b/docs/news.html
index afab7be..f8412a0 100644
--- a/docs/news.html
+++ b/docs/news.html
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+  <li><b>30 July 2010 -- 2010.08-rc1 released</b>
+
+    <p>We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the
+    tree, see the <a
+    href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2010.08_rc1">CHANGES</a>
+    file for details.
+
+    <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+    <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2010.08-rc1.tar.bz2">2010.08-rc1
+    release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to the <a
+    href="lists.html">mailing list</a> or <a
+    href="https://bugs.uclibc.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+
   <li><b>30 May 2010 -- 2010.05 released</b>
 
     <p>The stable 2010.05 release is out - Thanks to everyone