diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ee6ede..8c6f05f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Changes in version 1.9.4 -
   * templates/kde4 - Davide Madrisan:
     Remove 'Patch0' and '#%patch0 -p1' directives.
 
++ improvement
   * lib/libnetwork.lib - Davide Madrisan:
     repository.get_pckname_from_HTML: reworked to accept regular expessions.
     
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ Changes in version 1.9.4 -
   * lib/libnetwork.lib - Davide Madrisan:
     repository.get_pckname_from_HTML: make package search case insensitive.
 
++ update
   * templates/{kde3,library,perl,python,standard{-daemon}} - Davide Madrisan:
     Remove 'Patch0' and '#%patch0 -p1' directives.
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d1efa73..525aeda 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+List of user visible changes in the release 1.9.4
+
+-- Improvement
+
+ * pck-update, lib/libnetwork.lib - Davide Madrisan:
+   Action 0: reworked to understand regular expressions.
+   Example: autospec -u "^kde4-.*" -a0
+
+-- Bug Fixes
+
+ * templates/{gnome,kde*,library,standard,standard-daemon} - Davide Madrisan:
+   Move the %debug_package macro after all %description blocks.
+
+-- Update
+
+ * templates/* - Davide Madrisan:
+   Remove 'Patch0' and '#%patch0 -p1' directives.
+   These lines may be misunderstood by novice users.
+   
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 List of user visible changes in the release 1.9.3
 
 -- Improvement
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 63aa9ee..1306dfa 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION=1.9.3
+VERSION=1.9.4
 RELEASE=1mamba