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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Version history:
 2.7.4 - 3 February 2018
 
     The Gnucash Development Team is pleased to release Gnucash 2.7.4,
-    the fourth release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0.
+    the fifth release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0.
 
     Notice that we've decided that beginning with the upcoming major
     release we will use two-digit release numbers and that the next
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ KNOWN PROBLEMS:
 
 2.7.3 - 31 December 2017
     The Gnucash Development Team is pleased to release Gnucash 2.7.3,
-    the third release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0.
+    the fourth release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0.
 
     Notice that we've decided that beginning with the upcoming major
     release we will use two-digit release numbers and that the next