diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
index 7aa14f8..effab2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
    compression level for both zip and tar.gz format.
    (merge c4b208c309 bs/archive-doc-compression-level later to maint).
 
- * Drop "git sparse-index" from the list of common commands.
+ * Drop "git sparse-checkout" from the list of common commands.
    (merge 6a9a50a8af sg/sparse-index-not-that-common-a-command later to maint).
 
  * "git branch -c/-m new old" was not described to copy config, which
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index b2e79e0..3e19155 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.34.0-rc1
+DEF_VER=v2.34.0-rc2
 
 LF='
 '