diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-08-18  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
+
+        * NEWS: fix version number which broke
+
 2008-08-18  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
 
         * configure.in: Post-release version bump to 2.25.1.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.25.1
+2.25.0
 ======
 
 Thanks to Patrick Niklaus, Ted Percival, Eric Piel, Akira TAGOH, and Thomas
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Thurman for improvements in this version.
 Translations
   Khaled Hosny (ar), Petr Kovar (cs), Ilkka Tuohela (fi), Duarte Loreto (pt), Djavan
   Fagundes (pt_BR)
+
 2.23.89
 =======