diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1103c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Git v1.7.2.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.2
+------------------
+
+ * "git instaweb" wasn't useful when your Apache was installed under a
+   name other than apache2 (e.g. "httpd").
+
+ * Similarly, "git web--browse" (invoked by "git help -w") learned that
+   chrome browser is sometimes called google-chrome.
+
+ * An overlong line after ".gitdir: " in a git file caused out of bounds
+   access to an array on the stack.
+
+ * "git config --path conf.var" to attempt to expand a variable conf.var
+   that uses "~/" short-hand segfaulted when $HOME environment variable
+   was not set.
+
+ * Documentation on Cygwin failed to build.
+
+ * The error message from "git pull blarg" when 'blarg' is an unknown
+   remote name has been improved.
+
+And other minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index f6e10f5..59f291d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2]
+* link:v1.7.2.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.1]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt[1.7.2.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.7.2.txt[1.7.2].
 
 * link:v1.7.1.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1.2]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index e88f50c..8228e88 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.2.1
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 3da01a5..a479abb 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt
\ No newline at end of file