diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b481495e0..3ede1b904 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-New in spot 1.2.3a (not yet released)
+New in spot 1.2.4 (2014-05-15)
 
   * New features:
 
     - "-B -x degen-lskip" can be used to disable level-skipping in the
-      degeralization procedure.  This is mostly meant for running
-      experiments.
+      degeralization procedure called by ltl2tgba and dstar2tgba.
+      This is mostly meant for running experiments.
     - "-B -x degen-lcache=N" can be used to experiment with different
       type of level caching during degeneralization.
 
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ New in spot 1.2.3 (2014-02-11)
     - Fix determinism of the SAT-based minimization encoding.
       (It would sometimes produce different equivalent automata,
       because of a different encoding order.)
-    - A the SAT-based minimization is asked for a 10-state automaton
-      and return a 6-state automaton, do not ask for a 9-state
+    - If the SAT-based minimization is asked for a 10-state automaton
+      and returns a 6-state automaton, do not ask for a 9-state
       automaton in the next iteration...
     - Fix some compilation issue with the version of Apple's Clang
       that is installed with MacOS X 10.9.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0ec68fc3..86a43c6d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT([spot], [1.2.3a], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [1.2.4], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu tar-ustar color-tests parallel-tests])
diff --git a/doc/org/tools.org b/doc/org/tools.org
index beccf501f..24c937364 100644
--- a/doc/org/tools.org
+++ b/doc/org/tools.org
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#+TITLE: Command-line tools installed by Spot 1.2.3
+#+TITLE: Command-line tools installed by Spot 1.2.4
 #+EMAIL spot@lrde.epita.fr
 #+OPTIONS: H:2 num:nil toc:t