diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7242bbb..b97f95e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+For release 0.7.3:
+	- don't add history automatically for each line. Provided by Brian Clapper
+	- removed 1024-byte limitation (useful for long multiline input)
+
 For release 0.7.2:
 	- no functionality changes; only modified build process a bit
  	  for first libreadline-java release on sourceforge (Henner)
diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index b79b359..50da17a 100644
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ <H2>Download</H2>
     <p>Various packages are available for download. See the <a
        href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48669">download
        area</a> of the Java-Readline project. The current version is
-      <strong>0.7.2</strong>.
+      <strong>0.7.3</strong>.
 
     <hr>
     <H2>Mailing Lists</H2>