diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dd0a6b6..f693e25 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.7.11.dev0
+1.7.11
* #479, #588: BREAKING: Automatically use the "archive_name_format" option to filter which archives
get used for borgmatic actions that operate on multiple archives. Override this behavior with the
new "match_archives" option in the storage section. This change is "breaking" in that it silently
diff --git a/docs/how-to/inspect-your-backups.md b/docs/how-to/inspect-your-backups.md
index b6238fe..73020ed 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/inspect-your-backups.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/inspect-your-backups.md
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ You can the `--log-file-verbosity` flag to customize the log file's log level:
borgmatic --log-file /path/to/file.log --log-file-verbosity 2
```
-New in borgmatic version 1.7.11
-Use the `--log-file-format` flag to override the default log message format.
-This format string can contain a series of named placeholders wrapped in curly
+New in version 1.7.11 Use the
+`--log-file-format` flag to override the default log message format. This
+format string can contain a series of named placeholders wrapped in curly
brackets. For instance, the default log format is: `[{asctime}] {levelname}:
{message}`. This means each log message is recorded as the log time (in square
brackets), a logging level name, a colon, and the actual log message.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc4e4b7..ad58f0e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-VERSION = '1.7.11.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.7.11'
setup(