diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a6649e9e61..72a13e7dbc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING=AC_PACKAGE_VERSION
 GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION=`echo $GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING | [ sed -e 's/^\([^\.]*\)\.\([^.]*\)\.\(.*\)$/\1/' ]`
 GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION=`echo $GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING | [ sed -e 's/^\([^\.]*\)\.\([^.]*\)\.\(.*\)$/\2/' ]`
 GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION=`echo $GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING | [ sed -e 's/^\([^\.]*\)\.\([^.]*\)\.\(.*\)$/\3/' ]`
+GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION="2.2.9"
 
 # save any user/environment optimization flags before we muck with them in
 # --enable-debug:
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GCONF_SCHEMA_CONFIG_SOURCE_DIRONLY)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION)
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION,
 	[GnuCash Major version number])
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION,
 	[GnuCash Minor version number])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION,
 	[GnuCash Micro version number])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION, "$GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION",
+	[Most recent stable version of GnuCash])
 
 dnl Set of available languages.
 ALL_LINGUAS="ca cs da de el en_GB es_NI es eu fa fi fr he hu it ja ko lt lv_LV nb ne nl pl pt_BR pt ro ru rw sk sv ta tr uk vi zh_CN zh_TW"
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index d0e8299320..29a9c0b016 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ gnucash.1: gnucash.1.in Makefile
 tip_of_the_day.list: tip_of_the_day.list.in Makefile
 	${CC} -E -P -x c -D'N_(x)=x' -o $@.tmp $<
 	cat -s $@.tmp | ${SED} -e 's/^ *\"\(.*\)\" *$$/\1/' \
-                           -e 's:@-VERSION-@:${VERSION}:g' > $@
+                           -e 's:@-GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION-@:${GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION}:g' > $@
 	rm -f $@.tmp
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = gnc-prices.1 gnucash.1 tip_of_the_day.list
diff --git a/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in b/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in
index 314f48acd3..76299b04d0 100644
--- a/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in
+++ b/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
  N_( "Warning!! This is a DEVELOPMENT version of GnuCash. \
 It probably has lots of bugs and unstable features! \
 If you are looking for a stable personal finance application, \
-you should use the latest release of GnuCash @-VERSION-@.")
+you should use the latest release of GnuCash @-GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION-@.")
 
  N_( "The GnuCash online manual has lots of helpful information. \
 If you are upgrading from earlier versions of GnuCash, the section \
-\"What's new in GnuCash @-VERSION-@\" is particularly interesting. You can \
+\"What's new in GnuCash 2.0\" is particularly interesting. You can \
 access the manual under the Help menu.")
 
  N_( "You can easily import your existing financial data from Quicken, \