diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt
index 80d5e15..98b2ed8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 
    If your workflow is negatively affected by this change, please
    report it to git@vger.kernel.org so that we can take a look into
-   it.  In the meantime, the 'rebase.backend' configuration variable
-   can be set in order to use the old default behaviour (the value to
-   do so is not described here---it is given to those who report their
-   issues to the list ;-).
+   it.  After doing so, you can set the 'rebase.backend' configuration
+   variable to 'apply', in order to use the old default behaviour in
+   the meantime.
 
 
 UI, Workflows & Features
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 41c2d7c..a7a0fc9 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.26.0-rc1
+DEF_VER=v2.26.0-rc2
 
 LF='
 '