diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt
index 3bd2b65..ffd4899 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@
 track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases'
 notes for details).
 
+ * The remote-helepr interface to fast-import/fast-export via the
+   transport-helper has been tightened to avoid leaving the import
+   marks file from a failed/crashed run, as such a file that is out of
+   sync with the reality confuses a later invocation of itself.
+
  * "git rebase" used a POSIX shell construct FreeBSD /bin/sh does not
    work well with.
    (merge 8cd6596 km/avoid-non-function-return-in-rebase later to maint).
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 5b367ab..690cece 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.0.0-rc0
+DEF_VER=v2.0.0-rc1
 
 LF='
 '