diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index 2dcfa2b41e5..328e426b779 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ TOOLSDIR=	tools
 
 # This is the *documentation* release, and is used to construct the file
 # names of the downloadable tarballs.
-RELEASE=2.3b2
+RELEASE=2.3c1
 
 PYTHON=	   python
 DVIPS=	   dvips -N0 -t $(PAPER)
diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index 5580abee9cd..6aa754b430e 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 \date{\today}			% XXX update before final release!
 \release{2.3}			% software release, not documentation
-\setreleaseinfo{b2+}		% empty for final release
+\setreleaseinfo{c1}		% empty for final release
 \setshortversion{2.3}		% major.minor only for software