diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 01394ec44..f5d0da093 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Version 0.80.0pre3
+
+The URL database has been changed again, but it will use a different
+filename so you shouldn't run into conflicts, just a newly-empty
+database.
+
+We upgraded the SOAP stuff in others; you may do well to do a
+setup.py install --clean this time around.
+
 Version 0.80.0pre2
 
 Many more bugs have been fixed.  A few more plugins have been updated
diff --git a/sandbox/release.py b/sandbox/release.py
index cf12f2d82..e9a242f74 100644
--- a/sandbox/release.py
+++ b/sandbox/release.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         error('Invalid version string: '
               'must be of the form MAJOR.MINOR.PATCHLEVEL.')
         
-    if firstLine('RELNOTES') != 'Version %s':
+    if firstLine('RELNOTES') != 'Version %s' % v:
         error('Invalid first line in RELNOTES.')
 
     (first, _, third) = firstLines('ChangeLog', 3)