diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 542ddf76..e9a2d266 100644
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    	<version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 94057260..a69d17d9 100644
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index 38527183..8a6f640e 100644
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    	<version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 5e97a9c0..e5a2e62c 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 8246c1d6..1d1a8f62 100644
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index 64d3deee..b952f97d 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 3531e0b9..3407f00f 100644
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
index 6ec742ab..8d267307 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+		<version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index 095ab13b..43777281 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    	<version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index bf787548..42300dfb 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+        <version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index 3bd4caf7..ac90f197 100644
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 	  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index d0382eef..6d0a2652 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    	<version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml b/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml
index 0705ec21..b1e92b26 100644
--- a/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+		<version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml b/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml
index 27d55482..4c613c57 100644
--- a/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+		<version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index 7d1a69b6..ef6ca97b 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/pom.xml b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
index d76ddd71..adf1ec12 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-alpha2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index e5aaca78..6fe9e677 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
    slf4j-api will default to a no-operation implementation discarding
    all log requests. Thus, instead of throwing an exception, SLF4J
    will emit a single warning message about the absence of a binding
-   and proceed to discard all log requests without further protest.
+   and proceed to discard all log requests without further
+   protest. See also the <a href="manual.html#libraries">relevant
+   section</a> in the user manual.
    </p>
 
    <p>In the presence of multiple parameters and if the last argument
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@
 
   <p>Users yet unfamiliar with SLF4J sometimes unknowingly place both
   <em>log4j-over-slf4j.jar</em> and <em>slf4j-log4j12.jar</em>
-  simultanously on the class path causing stack overflow
+  simultaneously on the class path causing stack overflow
   errors. Simultaneously placing both <em>jcl-over-slf4j.jar</em> and
   <em>slf4j-jcl.jar</em> on the class path, is another occurrence of
   the same general problem. As of this version, SLF4J preempts the
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@
   168</a>. In case log4j-over-slf4j is used and a logback appender
   requires a third party library which depends on log4j, the
   <code>log(String FQCN, Priority p, Object msg, Throwable t)</code>
-  method in log4j-over-slf4j's Categotry class would throw an
+  method in log4j-over-slf4j's Category class would throw an
   <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code>. Problem reported by Seth
   Call.</p>