diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7673fca00..ff5731a0d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 lxml changelog
 ==============
 
-3.0alpha2 (??)
+3.0alpha2 (2012-08-23)
 ======================
 
 Features added
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Bugs fixed
 Other changes
 -------------
 
+* The code was adapted to work with the upcoming libxml2 2.9.0 release.
+
 
 3.0alpha1 (2012-07-31)
 ======================
diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 5d5c0b747..b2d2d906c 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Unless you are using a static binary distribution (e.g. a Windows
 binary egg from PyPI_), you need to install libxml2 and libxslt, in
 particular:
 
-* libxml 2.6.21 or later. It can be found here:
+* libxml2 2.6.21 or later. It can be found here:
   http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html
 
   * We recommend libxml2 2.7.8 or a later version.
diff --git a/doc/main.txt b/doc/main.txt
index 9497db2f2..4076ceba6 100644
--- a/doc/main.txt
+++ b/doc/main.txt
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ MS Windows usually become available through PyPI a few days after a
 source release.  If you can't wait, consider trying a less recent
 release version first.
 
-The latest version is `lxml 3.0alpha1`_, released 2012-07-31
-(`changes for 3.0alpha1`_).  `Older versions`_ are listed below.
+The latest version is `lxml 3.0alpha2`_, released 2012-08-23
+(`changes for 3.0alpha2`_).  `Older versions`_ are listed below.
 
 Please take a look at the `installation instructions`_!
 
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ See the web sites of lxml
 `2.3 <http://lxml.de/2.3/>`_
 and the `latest in-development version <http://lxml.de/dev/>`_.
 
-.. _`PDF documentation`: lxmldoc-3.0alpha1.pdf
+.. _`PDF documentation`: lxmldoc-3.0alpha2.pdf
+
+* `lxml 3.0alpha1`_, released 2012-07-31 (`changes for 3.0alpha1`_)
 
 * `lxml 2.3.5`_, released 2012-07-31 (`changes for 2.3.5`_)
 
@@ -270,6 +272,7 @@ and the `latest in-development version <http://lxml.de/dev/>`_.
 
 * `older releases <http://lxml.de/2.2/#old-versions>`_
 
+.. _`lxml 3.0alpha2`: /files/lxml-3.0alpha2.tgz
 .. _`lxml 3.0alpha1`: /files/lxml-3.0alpha1.tgz
 .. _`lxml 2.3.5`: /files/lxml-2.3.5.tgz
 .. _`lxml 2.3.4`: /files/lxml-2.3.4.tgz
@@ -287,6 +290,7 @@ and the `latest in-development version <http://lxml.de/dev/>`_.
 .. _`lxml 2.2.1`: /files/lxml-2.2.1.tgz
 .. _`lxml 2.2`: /files/lxml-2.2.tgz
 
+.. _`changes for 3.0alpha2`: /changes-3.0alpha2.html
 .. _`changes for 3.0alpha1`: /changes-3.0alpha1.html
 .. _`changes for 2.3.5`: /changes-2.3.5.html
 .. _`changes for 2.3.4`: /changes-2.3.4.html
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 8d1cd15e5..6ac7e4cf7 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0alpha1
+3.0alpha2