diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt
index b55731f..309c331 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Git v1.7.3 Release Notes (draft)
-================================
+Git v1.7.3 Release Notes
+========================
 
 Updates since v1.7.2
 --------------------
@@ -74,14 +74,3 @@
 
  * "git -c foo=bar subcmd" did not work well for subcmd that is not
    implemented as a built-in command.
-
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-echo O=$(git describe master)
-O=v1.7.3-rc2
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint
-exit 0
-
-What did we want to do with...
-
-1e3d411 (Enable custom schemes for column colors in the graph API, 2010-07-13)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 69ef12e..646e761 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
+* link:v1.7.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.3.txt[1.7.3].
+
 * link:v1.7.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.3]
 
 * release notes for
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 556cee1..ac9c4db 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.3-rc2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.3
 
 LF='
 '