diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 35452c8999b9d0f178d2f7a1809419458e62dd4f..d8030b39bd0b47315d86c741555106a27e368821 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Version 2.0 release candidate 3
+  - Change the internal locking model of some gnt-node commands, in
+    order to reduce contention (and blocking of master daemon) when
+    batching many creation/reinstall jobs
+  - Fixes to Xen soft reboot
+  - No longer build documentation at 'make' time, instead distribute it
+    in the archive, in order to reduce the need for the whole
+    docbook/rst toolchains
+
 Version 2.0 release candidate 2
   - Now the cfgupgrade scripts works and can upgrade 1.2.7 clusters to
     2.0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d8a6b84c77a15a534112d43ae5e26d41c90d50ac..955b860fa6971231d8f92b1103434b2e9f997148 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [0])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc2])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc3])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,