diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d7156329fd..743ce3db4b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ test -n "$target_alias" &&
 wx_major_version_number=2
 wx_minor_version_number=8
 wx_release_number=8
-wx_subrelease_number=2
+wx_subrelease_number=0
 
 WX_RELEASE=$wx_major_version_number.$wx_minor_version_number
 WX_VERSION=$WX_RELEASE.$wx_release_number
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2d14ae25f5..ffd8ffa0fe 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dnl wx_release_number += 1
 wx_major_version_number=2
 wx_minor_version_number=8
 wx_release_number=8
-wx_subrelease_number=2
+wx_subrelease_number=0
 
 WX_RELEASE=$wx_major_version_number.$wx_minor_version_number
 WX_VERSION=$WX_RELEASE.$wx_release_number
diff --git a/docs/tech/tn0011.txt b/docs/tech/tn0011.txt
index 9ba68f5604..326c9c5d1b 100644
--- a/docs/tech/tn0011.txt
+++ b/docs/tech/tn0011.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
    version number all of these files must be edited:
 
        {wx}/configure.in
+       {wx}/configure {and set subrelease to zero in these two files}
        {wx}/*.spec
        {wx}/include/wx/version.h
        {wx}/include/msvc/wx/setup.h  {major release only}