diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c1629d7ec..2c1a58391 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-New in spot 2.1.2.dev (not yet released)
+New in spot 2.2 (2016-11-14)
 
   Command-line tools:
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ New in spot 2.1.2.dev (not yet released)
     not used.  In particular, this helps scc_info to be more efficient
     at deciding the acceptance of SCCs in presence of Fin acceptance.
 
-  * Simulation-based reductions now implement just bisimulations-based
-    reduction on deterministic automata, to save time.  As an example,
+  * Simulation-based reductions now implement just bisimulation-based
+    reductions on deterministic automata, to save time.  As an example,
     this halves the run time of
        genltl --rv-counter=10 | ltl2tgba
 
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ New in spot 2.1.2.dev (not yet released)
       !otf_product(aut, other)->is_empty()
       otf_product(aut, other)->accepting_run()->project(aut)
       otf_product(aut, other)->accepting_word()
-    with any Fin-acceptance removal performed before the
-    product.  However the plan is that these can be implemented
-    more efficiently in the future.
+    with any Fin-acceptance removal performed before the product.
+    However the plan is to implement these more efficiently in the
+    future.
 
   Bugs:
 
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ New in spot 2.1.2.dev (not yet released)
   * str_sere() and str_utf8_sere() were not returning the same
     string that print_sere() and print_utf8_sere() would print.
 
-  * Running the LTL parser in debug-mode would crash.
+  * Running the LTL parser in debug mode would crash.
 
   * tgba_determinize() could produce incorrect deterministic automata
-    when run with use_simulation (the default) on non-simplified
+    when run with use_simulation=true (the default) on non-simplified
     automata.
 
   * When the automaton_stream_parser reads an automaton from an
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ New in spot 2.1.2.dev (not yet released)
   * remove_fin() could produce incorrect result on incomplete
     automata tagged as weak and deterministic.
 
-  * calling set_acceptance() several time on an automaton could result
-    in unexpected behaviors, because set_acceptance(0,...)  used to
-    set the state-based acceptance flag automatically.
+  * calling set_acceptance() several times on an automaton could
+    result in unexpected behaviors, because set_acceptance(0,...)
+    used to set the state-based acceptance flag automatically.
 
   * Some buffering issue caused syntax errors to be displayed out
-    of place on the on-line translator.
+    of place by the on-line translator.
 
 New in spot 2.1.2 (2016-10-14)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a7d35e372..71d72e78c 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], [2.1.2.dev], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [2.2], [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/setup.org b/doc/org/setup.org
index 45497fd10..9b7888ae2 100644
--- a/doc/org/setup.org
+++ b/doc/org/setup.org
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #+OPTIONS: H:2 num:nil toc:t html-postamble:nil
 #+EMAIL: spot@lrde.epita.fr
 #+HTML_LINK_HOME: index.html
-#+MACRO: SPOTVERSION 2.1.2
-#+MACRO: LASTRELEASE 2.1.2
-#+MACRO: LASTTARBALL [[http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-2.1.2.tar.gz][=spot-2.1.2.tar.gz=]]
-#+MACRO: LASTNEWS [[https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot/blob/spot-2-1-2/NEWS][summary of the changes]]
-#+MACRO: LASTDATE 2016-10-14
+#+MACRO: SPOTVERSION 2.2
+#+MACRO: LASTRELEASE 2.2
+#+MACRO: LASTTARBALL [[http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-2.2.tar.gz][=spot-2.2.tar.gz=]]
+#+MACRO: LASTNEWS [[https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot/blob/spot-2-2/NEWS][summary of the changes]]
+#+MACRO: LASTDATE 2016-11-14