diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8329bf0aff..80f7785a81 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-None
-  Changes in version 0.2.7.2-alpha - 2015-07-27 This, the second alpha
-  in the Tor 0.2.7 series, has a number of new features, including a way
-  to manually pick the number of introduction points for hidden
-  services, and the much stronger Ed25519 signing key algorithm for
-  regular Tor relays (including support for encrypted offline identity
-  keys in the new algorithm).
+Changes in version 0.2.7.2-alpha - 2015-07-27
+  This, the second alpha in the Tor 0.2.7 series, has a number of new
+  features, including a way to manually pick the number of introduction
+  points for hidden services, and the much stronger Ed25519 signing key
+  algorithm for regular Tor relays (including support for encrypted
+  offline identity keys in the new algorithm).
 
   Support for Ed25519 on relays is currently limited to signing router
   descriptors; later alphas in this series will extend Ed25519 key
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b57b43312b..063d75c8c6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson
 dnl Copyright (c) 2007-2015, The Tor Project, Inc.
 dnl See LICENSE for licensing information
 
-AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.7.2-alpha])
+AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.7.2-alpha-dev])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/or/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
diff --git a/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in b/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in
index 3eaff6b894..36b15335d9 100644
--- a/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in
+++ b/contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 !include "LogicLib.nsh"
 !include "FileFunc.nsh"
 !insertmacro GetParameters
-!define VERSION "0.2.7.2-alpha"
+!define VERSION "0.2.7.2-alpha-dev"
 !define INSTALLER "tor-${VERSION}-win32.exe"
 !define WEBSITE "https://www.torproject.org/"
 !define LICENSE "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/win32/orconfig.h b/src/win32/orconfig.h
index 6bb0cbc561..644774127b 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 #define USING_TWOS_COMPLEMENT
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.2.7.2-alpha"
+#define VERSION "0.2.7.2-alpha-dev"