diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 50bb0557a9d..376f2f0e2d0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Tue Jan 17 11:24:23 1995  Guido van Rossum  <guido@zeus.cwi.nl>
 
+	* Include/patchlevel.h: set version to 1.2-beta-2
+
+	* Python/Makefile.in: added getopt to list of objects
+
 	* Makefile.pre.in: be more careful about building 
 	Modules/Makefile.pre
 
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 0a03fa226f5..c66dc7d9d3b 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define PATCHLEVEL "1.2--"
+#define PATCHLEVEL "1.2-beta-2"