diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7bd86319..2633ca4b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		when being used out of crontab).  For very strange situations
 		(such as where you cannot change the permissions on the
 		file you're writing, there is a new rc file option 
-		"allow_insecure_backup" to be even more permission and
+		"allow_insecure_backup" to be even more permissive and
 		allowing the write to proceed.  Also included are
 		some syntax highlighting updated, and that is about it.
 		Keep fighting the good fight children.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 45293c45..2c42ee9d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 # $Id$
 
-AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.2.5], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
+AC_INIT([GNU nano], [2.2.5-svn], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nano.c])
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET([])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE