diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: pegboard
 Title: Explore and Manipulate Markdown Curricula from the Carpentries
-Version: 0.7.1.9000
+Version: 0.7.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Zhian N.",
            family = "Kamvar",
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-# pegboard 0.7.1.9000 (unreleased)
+# pegboard 0.7.2 (2023-11-17)
 
 ## MISC
 
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 * `validate_links()` now differentiates between links and images in reporting
   (reported: @joelnitta, #143; fixed: @zkamvar, #144)
 
+## DOCUMENTATION
+
+* Two vignettes added for XML and Episode class
+* Documentation for validation reporting added
+
 # pegboard 0.7.1 (2023-10-03)
 
 * child chunk options that would fail out of context no longer cause a failure.