diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 5600991c..12743d5b 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ bug fixes:
 
 
 
-0.8.0 release notes (in progress)
+0.8.0 release notes
 
 new features:
 - chinese and japanese legacy charset support in iconv