diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt
index cda8b3e..1f372fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt
@@ -49,4 +49,16 @@
  * "git diff -G<pattern>" did not honor textconv filter when looking
    for changes.
 
+ * Bash completion script (in contrib/) did not correctly complete a
+   lazy "git checkout $name_of_remote_tracking_branch_that_is_unique"
+   command line.
+
+ * RSS feed from "gitweb" had a xss hole in its title output.
+
+ * "git config --path $key" segfaulted on "[section] key" (a boolean
+   "true" spelled without "=", not "[section] key = true").
+
+ * "git checkout -b foo" while on an unborn branch did not say
+   "Switched to a new branch 'foo'" like other cases.
+
 Also contains other minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4a89a12..cbe0883 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.8.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0]
+* link:v1.8.0.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.1]
 
 * release notes for
-  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt[1.8.0.1],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0].
 
 * link:v1.7.12.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12.4]
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index b09d264..d66e54f 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.8.0
+DEF_VER=v1.8.0.1
 
 LF='
 '