diff --git a/IMPROVEMENTS b/IMPROVEMENTS
index 92fd3b81..592fb63a 100644
--- a/IMPROVEMENTS
+++ b/IMPROVEMENTS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Improvements in nano
====================
Since 2.6.0:
+ - Ctrl+Arrow should now work also on a Linux virtual console.
- Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down jump to previous or next block of text.
- Feedback during Unicode Input (M-V followed by six digits).
- The option 'wordchars' for specifying extra word characters.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 32da543d..384b727f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2016.08.10 - nano 2.6.3 "Marika" makes the Ctrl+Arrow keys work also on
+ a Linux virtual console, takes as verbatim only the very
+ first keystroke after M-V, removes any lock files that it
+ holds when dying, doesn't abort when a word contains digits
+ (when using the default speller), fixes a small sorting bug
+ in the file browser, makes searching case-insensitively in
+ a UTF-8 locale a little faster, and doesn't enter invalid
+ bytes when holding down both Alt keys. Santé!
+
2016.07.28 - nano 2.6.2 "Le vent nous portera" adds two new features: the
keystrokes Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down for jumping between blocks
of text, and the option 'wordchars' for specifying which
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8278fe30..514c0835 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
# USA.
-AC_INIT([nano], [2.6.2], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
+AC_INIT([nano], [2.6.3], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nano.c])
AC_CANONICAL_HOST
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
diff --git a/doc/man/nano.1 b/doc/man/nano.1
index 83249952..9b6450ea 100644
--- a/doc/man/nano.1
+++ b/doc/man/nano.1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" Documentation License along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
-.TH NANO 1 "version 2.6.2" "July 2016"
+.TH NANO 1 "version 2.6.3" "August 2016"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5 b/doc/man/nanorc.5
index 289fb178..fcdc251d 100644
--- a/doc/man/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/man/nanorc.5
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" Documentation License along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
-.TH NANORC 5 "version 2.6.2" "July 2016"
+.TH NANORC 5 "version 2.6.3" "August 2016"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
diff --git a/doc/man/rnano.1 b/doc/man/rnano.1
index 961e267c..f1a8efa8 100644
--- a/doc/man/rnano.1
+++ b/doc/man/rnano.1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" Documentation License along with this program. If not, see
.\" .
.\"
-.TH RNANO 1 "version 2.6.2" "July 2016"
+.TH RNANO 1 "version 2.6.3" "August 2016"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.SH NAME
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
index 9e3faead..4f39c1e3 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
@smallbook
@set EDITION 0.4
-@set VERSION 2.6.2
-@set UPDATED July 2016
+@set VERSION 2.6.3
+@set UPDATED August 2016
@dircategory Editors
@direntry
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
@titlepage
@title @code{nano}
@subtitle a small and friendly text editor.
-@subtitle version 2.6.2
+@subtitle version 2.6.3
@author Chris Allegretta
@page