diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt
index 867ae69..9adccb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
 Fixes since v1.8.4.1
 --------------------
 
+ * "git clone" gave some progress messages to the standard output, not
+   to the standard error, and did not allow suppressing them with the
+   "--no-progress" option.
+
+ * "format-patch --from=<whom>" forgot to omit unnecessary in-body
+   from line, i.e. when <whom> is the same as the real author.
+
+ * "git shortlog" used to choke and die when there is a malformed
+   commit (e.g. missing authors); it now simply ignore such a commit
+   and keeps going.
+
+ * "git merge-recursive" did not parse its "--diff-algorithm=" command
+   line option correctly.
+
  * "git branch --track" had a minor regression in v1.8.3.2 and later
    that made it impossible to base your local work on anything but a
    local branch of the upstream repository you are tracking from.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 5b83e0a..90c5f37 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.8.4.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.4.1]
+* link:v1.8.4.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.4.2]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.4.2.txt[1.8.4.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.4.1.txt[1.8.4.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.4.txt[1.8.4].
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index b4147d6..d801493 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.8.4.1
+DEF_VER=v1.8.4.2
 
 LF='
 '