diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 329a18aeb..ffd811b30 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The !OpenSceneGraph 2.4 release is the culmination of 9 years of work by the lea
  * New !OpenFlight writer
  * New libcurl based plugin for reading http hosted databases
  * Quicktime based reading of live video streams under Windows and OSX
+ * Better load balancing in database pager
  * Improvements to osgTerrain for support of terrabyte scale whole earth terrain databases
  * Additions to the Shapefile loader with .dbf attribute file, .proj projection file support and loading data as doubles
  * Enhanced intersection functionality including double support for line intersections
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 86ec17323..9ac6e9b39 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ subscribe to our public mailing list:
 
 Robert Osfield.
 Project Lead.
-22nd April 2008.
+25th April 2008.
 
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