diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7fa2e78..32b2e92 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $Id$
 #
 
-VERSION?=5.2
+VERSION?=5.3
 TAGVERSION=$(shell echo $(VERSION) | sed 's/\./_/g')
 BALL_TAR_GZ=UMLGraph-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 ZIPBALL=UMLGraph-$(VERSION).zip
diff --git a/doc/cd-opt.xml b/doc/cd-opt.xml
index cc391af..7ad9839 100644
--- a/doc/cd-opt.xml
+++ b/doc/cd-opt.xml
@@ -156,6 +156,19 @@ has to be manipulated by an automated tool
 </dd>
 <dt>-d</dt><dd>Specify the output directory (defaults to the current directory).
 </dd>
+<dt>-dotexecutable</dt><dd>Specify the path of the <em>dot</em> executable.
+</dd>
+<dt>-linkoffline</dt><dd>Specify
+links to javadoc-generated documentation for external referenced classes.
+The <code>-linkoffline</code> option takes two arguments:
+the first for the string to be embedded in the <code>href</code>
+links, the second telling it where to find the <code>package-list</code>.
+Example:
+<pre>
+-linkoffline http://developer.android.com/reference file:/home/doc/android/
+</pre>
+See the <em>javadoc</em> documentation for more details.
+</dd>
 <dt>-output</dt><dd>Specify the output file (default <code>graph.dot</code>).
 If the output directory is provided, -output can only specify a file name,
 otherwise a full path is accepted as well.
diff --git a/doc/ver.xml b/doc/ver.xml
index 942a798..ecf8e35 100644
--- a/doc/ver.xml
+++ b/doc/ver.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,30 @@
 <notes>
 <dl>
 
-<dt>Version 5.3 Under development </dt><dd>
+<dt>Version 5.4 Under development </dt><dd>
+</dd>
+
+<dt>Version 5.3 2010-05-24</dt><dd>
 <ul>
 <li>Sequence diagrams provide an option to specify whether objects are
 underlined or not.</li>
 <li>Documentation generated with UMLGraph will process correctly
 non-ASCII characters.
 (Fix contributed by Gunho Kim.)</li>
+<li>New <code>-dotexecutable</code> option allows the explicit specification of
+<em>dot</em>'s location.
+(Contributed by Laird Nelson.)</li>
+<li><em>UmlGraphDoc</em> will obey the options specified through
+<code>@opt</code> tags within Java files.
+(Contributed by Laird Nelson.)</li>
+<li>Use a logical font rather than a font file name for italics.
+This fixes a problem with unresolved fonts under Windows and
+modern versions of Graphviz.
+(Suggested by Przemyslaw Szufel.)</li>
+<li>Support for <em>javadoc</em>'s <code>-linkoffline</code> option.
+(Contributed by Nikita Kozlov.)</li>
+<li>Do not show relations of hidden fields.
+(Fix contributed by Cimballi.)</li>
 </ul>
 </dd>