diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 1fb2f3362..48d1af7f7 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ PERTHSHIRE, Scotland - x June 2009 - !OpenSceneGraph Professional Services annou
 === Open-source development delivers industry-leading features and performance ===
 The !OpenSceneGraph 2.8.2 release is the culmination of 10 years of work by the lead developers and the open-source community that has grown up around the project. The real-time graphics industry and academia embraced it from the very beginning, deploying it in real-world applications, and actively participating in its development, testing and refinement. The end result is a high-quality library with a feature set relevant to application developers' needs.
 
-=== Updates between 2.8.2 and 2.8.1 releases include: ===
-
 === Updates between 2.8.2 and 2.8.1 releases include: ===
 
   * Build fixes for !RedHat Enterprise Linux.
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ The !OpenSceneGraph 2.8.2 release is the culmination of 10 years of work by the
     * small memory leak in X11 usage
     * Transform::computeBound() double !BoundingSphere support
     * Resize handling when master and slave Cameras share the same !GraphicsContext
+    * Handling of locale in plugins and env var parsing so it always follows the '.' decimal place convention regardless of the desktop/application locale.
 
 === Updates between 2.8.1 and 2.8.0 releases include: ===
 
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index df681701b..23ef8b92b 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ subscribe to our public mailing list:
 
 Robert Osfield.
 Project Lead.
-19th May 2009.
+29th June 2009.
 
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