diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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-Fail2Ban (version 0.8.3)                           2008/??/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.8.3)                           2008/07/17
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-ver. 0.8.3 (2008/??/??) - stable
+ver. 0.8.3 (2008/07/17) - stable
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 - Process failtickets as long as failmanager is not empty.
 - Added "pam-generic" filter and more configuration fixes.
diff --git a/README b/README
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-Fail2Ban (version 0.8.3)                           2008/??/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.8.3)                           2008/07/17
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 Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP