diff --git a/doc/api/pymongo/encryption_options.rst b/doc/api/pymongo/encryption_options.rst
index 08bfc157a9..b8a886ea68 100644
--- a/doc/api/pymongo/encryption_options.rst
+++ b/doc/api/pymongo/encryption_options.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@
 
 .. automodule:: pymongo.encryption_options
    :synopsis: Support for automatic client-side field level encryption
-
-   .. autoclass:: pymongo.encryption_options.AutoEncryptionOpts
-      :members:
+   :members:
diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index e0e316e5b6..eae105b617 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -5,18 +5,28 @@ Changes in Version 4.4
 -----------------------
 
 - Added support for MongoDB 7.0.
+- Added support for Python 3.11.
 - Added support for passing a list containing (key, direction) pairs
   or keys to :meth:`~pymongo.collection.Collection.create_index`.
-- pymongocrypt 1.6.0 or later is now required for client side field level
-  encryption support.
+- Improved bson encoding performance (`PYTHON-3717`_ and `PYTHON-3718`_).
 - Improved support for Pyright to improve typing support for IDEs like Visual Studio Code
   or Visual Studio.
 - Improved support for type-checking with MyPy "strict" mode (`--strict`).
-- Added support for Python 3.11.
-- pymongocrypt 1.6.0 or later is now required for :ref:`In-Use Encryption` support. MongoDB Server 7.0 introduced a backwards breaking
-  change to the QE protocol. Users taking advantage of the Queryable Encryption beta must now upgrade to
-  MongoDB 7.0+ and PyMongo 4.4+.
-- Previously, PyMongo's docs recommended using :meth:`datetime.datetime.utcnow` and :meth:`datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp`. utcnow and utcfromtimestamp are deprecated in Python 3.12, for reasons explained `in this Github issue`_. Instead, users should use :meth:`datetime.datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)` and :meth:`datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(tz=timezone.utc)` instead.
+- Added :meth:`~pymongo.encryption.ClientEncryption.create_encrypted_collection`,
+  :class:`~pymongo.errors.EncryptedCollectionError`,
+  :meth:`~pymongo.encryption.ClientEncryption.encrypt_expression`,
+  :class:`~pymongo.encryption_options.RangeOpts`,
+  and :attr:`~pymongo.encryption.Algorithm.RANGEPREVIEW` as part of the experimental
+  Queryable Encryption beta.
+- pymongocrypt 1.6.0 or later is now required for :ref:`In-Use Encryption` support. MongoDB
+  Server 7.0 introduced a backwards breaking change to the QE protocol. Users taking
+  advantage of the Queryable Encryption beta must now upgrade to MongoDB 7.0+ and
+  PyMongo 4.4+.
+- Previously, PyMongo's docs recommended using :meth:`datetime.datetime.utcnow` and
+  :meth:`datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp`. utcnow and utcfromtimestamp are deprecated
+  in Python 3.12, for reasons explained `in this Github issue`_. Instead, users should
+  use :meth:`datetime.datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)` and
+  :meth:`datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(tz=timezone.utc)` instead.
 
 .. _in this Github issue: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/103857
 
@@ -28,6 +38,9 @@ in this release.
 
 .. _PyMongo 4.4 release notes in JIRA: https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10004&version=34354
 
+.. _PYTHON-3717: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-3717
+.. _PYTHON-3718: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-3718
+
 Changes in Version 4.3.3
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/pymongo/_version.py b/pymongo/_version.py
index a5885d8cc5..14ba007944 100644
--- a/pymongo/_version.py
+++ b/pymongo/_version.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 """Current version of PyMongo."""
 from typing import Tuple, Union
 
-version_tuple: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...] = (4, 4, 0, ".dev1")
+version_tuple: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...] = (4, 4, 0)
 
 
 def get_version_string() -> str:
diff --git a/pymongo/client_options.py b/pymongo/client_options.py
index c9f63dc95a..2e39b843ec 100644
--- a/pymongo/client_options.py
+++ b/pymongo/client_options.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def read_concern(self):
     def timeout(self) -> Optional[float]:
         """The configured timeoutMS converted to seconds, or None.
 
-        ..versionadded: 4.2
+        .. versionadded: 4.2
         """
         return self.__timeout