diff --git a/README b/README
index 73e872c22..1c5dc57cd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-         NetHack 3.6.3 post-beta1 -- General information
+          NetHack 3.6.3 -- General information December 5, 2019
 
 NetHack 3.6 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack,
 which is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of
 NetHack 3.4 as there was no NetHack 3.5 release.
 
-NetHack 3.6.3 post-beta1 is not an official release of NetHack. It 
-currently contains a collection of over 190 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.2
-and over 22 game enhancements and community contributions. The file 
-doc/fixes36.3 in the source distribution has a full list of them. 
-The text in there was written for the development team's own use and is
-provided  "as is", so please do not ask us to further explain the entries
-in that file. Some entries might be considered "spoilers", particularly in
-the "new features" section.
+NetHack 3.6.3 is the official release of NetHack that follows NetHack 3.6.2.
+It contains a collection of over 190 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.2 and over 22
+game enhancements and community contributions. The file doc/fixes36.3 in the
+source distribution has a full list of them. The text in there was written for
+the development team's own use and is provided  "as is", so please do not ask
+us to further explain the entries in that file. Some entries might be 
+considered "spoilers", particularly in the "new features" section.
 
 Below you will find some other general notes that were not considered
 spoilers:
diff --git a/dat/history b/dat/history
index 23dba2d4c..50cb7ca1a 100644
--- a/dat/history
+++ b/dat/history
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ the adopted curses window port, were released as 3.6.2.
 Bart House, who had contributed to the game as a porting team participant 
 for decades, joined the NetHack Development Team in late May 2019.
 
+NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
+fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
+
 The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at
 http://www.nethack.org/.
 
diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn
index 7d6d3afd2..7b841ebe4 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.mn
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .ds vr "NetHack 3.6
 .ds f0 "\*(vr
 .ds f1
-.ds f2 "December 1, 2019
+.ds f2 "December 5, 2019
 .
 .\" A note on some special characters:
 .\" \(lq = left double quote
@@ -5146,6 +5146,9 @@ the adopted curses window port, were released as 3.6.2.
 \fBBart House\fP, who had contributed to the game as a porting team
 participant for decades, joined the NetHack Development Team in late May 2019.
 .pg
+NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
+fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
+.pg
 The official NetHack web site is maintained by \fBKen Lorber\fP
 at
 .UR http://www.nethack.org/ .
diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex
index 7532786ed..5d6280b56 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.tex
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 %.au
 \author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
 (Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)}
-\date{December 1, 2019}
+\date{December 5, 2019}
 
 \maketitle
 
@@ -5748,6 +5748,11 @@ the adopted curses window port, were released as 3.6.2.
 {\it Bart House}, who had contributed to the game as a porting team participant
 for decades, joined the {\it NetHack Development Team} in late May 2019.
 
+%.pg
+\medskip
+NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
+fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
+
 %.pg
 \medskip
 \nd The official {\it NetHack\/} web site is maintained by {\it Ken Lorber} at