diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt
index fb7f761..010d8c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
  * "git svn" got a large-looking code reorganization at the last
    minute before the code freeze.
 
+
 Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups.
 
 
@@ -126,16 +127,6 @@
 releases are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
 details).
 
- * "git grep" stopped spawning an external "grep" long time ago, but a
-   duplicated test to check internal and external "grep" was left
-   behind.
-   (merge 4ca9453 rj/maint-grep-remove-redundant-test later to maint).
-
- * The code to avoid mistaken attempt to add the object directory
-   itself as its own alternate could read beyond end of a string while
-   comparison.
-   (merge cb2912c hv/link-alt-odb-entry later to maint).
-
  * "git submodule add" was confused when the superproject did not have
    its repository in its usual place in the working tree and GIT_DIR
    and GIT_WORK_TREE was used to access it.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 54c1fc8..d7ad644 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.12-rc2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.12-rc3
 
 LF='
 '