diff --git a/Documentation/docinfo.xml b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
index f3d35a35c..6b2307a19 100644
--- a/Documentation/docinfo.xml
+++ b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- TODO have the build system take care of this  -->
 <releaseinfo>Version 2.2.11 - December 2014</releaseinfo>
-<subtitle>for version 2.2.11</subtitle>
-<date>2014-12-09</date>
+<subtitle>for version 2.2.11a</subtitle>
+<date>2014-12-10</date>
 
 <legalnotice>
   <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
index 96aebb5da..b6fb5b222 100644
--- a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 
 // TODO have the build system take care of this
 
-:release_version: 2.2.11
+:release_version: 2.2.11a
 
 // vim: set syntax=asciidoc tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 7df880e8e..dac0ef8e6 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=2
 MINOR_VERSION=2
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=11
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=11a