diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8b92f0e..7d514d2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ installation using rwlman and from
 
 ## News
 
-Release 3.0 includes four major new features:
+Release 3.0 includes these major new features:
 
  * SQL declaration no longer needs explicit bind and/or define, as bind variables and select list elements can be implicitly matched to declared variables.
  * The separate declaration and subsequent execution of SQL is no longer needed.
  * Formatting of output using printf.
  * You can generate a single executable with an included rwl script.
+ * New syntax for file open for read, append or pipe (added in 3.0.3)
 
 In addition, there are several minor update, 
 a number of bug fixes and updates to the standard oltp workload
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@ as shown in [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Branches
 
-The branches that should be used by ordinary users are named after the release, e.g. 3.0.2.
+The branches that should be used by ordinary users are named after the release, e.g. 3.0.3.
 The master branch is always the development branch and may as such contain intermediate code.
 You should normally _not_ clone or checkout the master branch unless you are developing the
 rwloadsim code or always want the latest.
 If you use the master branch, you _must_ do compilation yourself; no binaries are released.
 
-At present, branch 3.0.2 is the release branch.
+At present, branch 3.0.3 is the release branch.
 
 Please see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for details.
 
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md
index 59324078..1775eace 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ There are two types of binary distributions available at github releases:
 * Complete binaries are in files that have -bin- in the name.
 * Little more than executables are in files that have -binonly- in the name.
 
-Complete binaries distributed in a file such rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.2.tgz
+Complete binaries distributed in a file such rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.3.tgz
 can be used as is, i.e. without getting a clone or pull from github.
 It should be used if you simply want a full run time environment
 and it contains the following directories:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ and it contains the following directories:
 If you prefer to have access to source code, but avoid building the executables,
 you can clone or pull from github (which would allow you to potentially compile
 rwloadsim yourself), and then 
-use a file like rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.2.tgz.
+use a file like rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.3.tgz.
 This file contains little more than the compiled binaries of the rwloadsim program,
 and you can simply un-tar this file
 directly into your cloned or pulled directory; the result will be as if you had
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ On the system where you are going to run rwloadsim,
 create a (possibly shared) directory where you simply
 use a command like
 ```
-tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.2.tgz
+tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.3.tgz
 ```
 One install can be shared between several users as long as all have access to the directory.
 If appropriate, you can put the directory on an NFS (or some other) share and make it available to multiple systems.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ You can use Oracle Instant Client or a full client (or even server) install.
 Start by doing a pull or clone of the sources from github 
 as if you would do your own compile, and then use a command like
 ```
-tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.2.tgz
+tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.3.tgz
 ```
 to extract little more than the compiled rwloadsim binaries into your already existing pull or clone.
 
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 6d8d6f22..0d77109a 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ An introduction and the users guide to the RWP\*Load Simulator is available at
 [index.md](index.md) for your actual branch or
 [https://oracle.github.io/rwloadsim/](https://oracle.github.io/rwloadsim/)
 for the current
-[binary release 3.0.2](https://github.com/oracle/rwloadsim/releases).
+[binary release 3.0.3](https://github.com/oracle/rwloadsim/releases).
 
 ## RWP\*Load Simulator reference manual
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ The reference manual is available after installation by typing
 ```
 rwlman
 ```
-or online (for release 3.0.2) in [refman/README.md](refman/README.md)
+or online (for release 3.0.3) in [refman/README.md](refman/README.md)
diff --git a/src/rwl.h b/src/rwl.h
index ad79ed0c..7f8b08ee 100644
--- a/src/rwl.h
+++ b/src/rwl.h
@@ -1829,8 +1829,8 @@ extern const char rwlexecbanner[];
 
 #define RWL_VERSION_MAJOR 3
 #define RWL_VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define RWL_VERSION_RELEASE 2
-#define RWL_VERSION_TEXT "Development" RWL_EXTRA_VERSION_TEXT
+#define RWL_VERSION_RELEASE 3
+#define RWL_VERSION_TEXT "Production" RWL_EXTRA_VERSION_TEXT
 #define RWL_VERSION_DATE // undef to not include compile date 
 extern ub4 rwlpatch;