diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index ebd43c6cd3406cbe438370b05738c5ed0655d6ac..4a33a611f6deff47a79b5ef471cb458af179fe97 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // $Id$
 
-Drupal x.x.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+Drupal 5.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 ------------------------
 - completely retooled the administration page
     * /admin now contains an administration page which may be themed
diff --git a/modules/system/system.module b/modules/system/system.module
index a73f69e15778dc742e5d2164b31f4b943e450386..61f523bd95c0960ab6f1c73e1243feaacd6f22e7 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/modules/system/system.module
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Configuration system that lets administrators modify the workings of the site.
  */
 
-define('VERSION', '5.0.0 dev');
+define('VERSION', '5.0 dev');
 
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_help().
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 457dcc3f73262e72e5cc69a5eae5d4fcb78c496f..f43b0048da172e7b4329e496c725e21957e5217c 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ function update_convert_table_utf8($table) {
 /**
  * Create tables for the split cache.
  *
- * This is part of the Drupal 4.7 to 5.0 migration.
+ * This is part of the Drupal 4.7.x to 5.x migration.
  */
 function update_create_cache_tables() {