Prepare for release of 3.0 alpha 2openssl-3.0.0-alpha2

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6ee0b1efde..e58052d2f7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.0
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 1.1.1 and 3.0 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 1.1.1 and 3.0 alpha 2 [15 May 2020]
 
  * Removed FIPS_mode() and FIPS_mode_set(). These functions are legacy API's
    that are not applicable to the new provider model. Applications should
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c09e9599a4..fd38e5adc1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.0
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1 and OpenSSL 3.0 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1 and OpenSSL 3.0 alpha 2 [in pre-release]
 
   * The X25519, X448, Ed25519, Ed448 and SHAKE256 algorithms are included in
     the FIPS provider.  None have the "fips=yes" property set and, as such,
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dde825f846..d28ddbed6b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="15 May 2020"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3