diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT
index 1843263b56fcbcc5bbea56a191438f9a16928c9a..68e158df23f14b213d972fa7a72a6d625d4b3f0f 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCEMENT
+++ b/ANNOUNCEMENT
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ A N N O U N C E M E N T -- OpenLDAP 2.4
     development tools.
 
     This release contains the following major enhancements:
-
-        TBD
+        To be completed before BETA release
 
     This release includes the following major components:
 
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ A N N O U N C E M E N T -- OpenLDAP 2.4
         * LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd
         * LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utilities
         * Admin Guide, Manual Pages - associated documentation
-        * SNACC - ASN.1 development tools for OpenLDAP
 
     In addition, there are some contributed components:
 
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
     OpenLDAP Software is developed by the OpenLDAP Project.  The
     Project consists of a team of volunteers whose use the
     Internet to coordinate their activities.  The Project is
-    managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation.
+    an organized activity of the OpenLDAP Foundation.
 
     OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP,
     release 3.3.
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index b7b9600bbeab05ac3c0a29f48c41a6719e2b01a3..3a105327639e84210440e0067a60b136390988da 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=4
-ol_patch=X
+ol_patch=0alpha
 ol_api_inc=20400
 ol_api_current=0
 ol_api_revision=0
 ol_api_age=0
-ol_release_date="2006/00/00"
+ol_release_date="2006/04/18"