diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index a2f880c1cee13b9e7b81144dbbee51e450665ae8..4da6f6dbb6ad8dfcc886a0b93206744ae8876ff0 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Version 1.6.26beta02 [October 1, 2016]
     in png.c, pngread.c, and pngwutil.c.
 
 Version 1.6.26beta03 [October 2, 2016]
+  Removed contrib/libtests/*.orig and *.rej that slipped into the tarballs.
   Quieted the 86 remaining -Wconversion compiler warnings by
     revising the png_isaligned() macro and trivial changes in png.c,
     pngerror.c, pngget.c, pngmem.c, pngset.c, pngrtran.c, pngrutil.c,
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cf5e217294bfe2999899aad3d3e1ccaae292ce64..e6dbe116c5ead77afe8490e5aac50c1ceac634b8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5728,6 +5728,7 @@ Version 1.6.26beta02 [October 1, 2016]
     in png.c, pngread.c, and pngwutil.c.
 
 Version 1.6.26beta03 [October 2, 2016]
+  Removed contrib/libtests/*.orig and *.rej that slipped into the tarballs.
   Quieted the 86 remaining -Wconversion compiler warnings by
     revising the png_isaligned() macro and trivial changes in png.c,
     pngerror.c, pngget.c, pngmem.c, pngset.c, pngrtran.c, pngrutil.c,
@@ -5741,11 +5742,4 @@ or to glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
 
 Glenn R-P
 
-Send comments/corrections/commendations to png-mng-implement at lists.sf.net
-(subscription required; visit
-https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-implement
-to subscribe)
-or to glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
-
-Glenn R-P
 #endif