diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index f92cfd369..e33ed6472 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Changelog
 1.4 (not yet released)
 --------------------------
 * Transparent type conversion for ``std::wstring`` and ``wchar_t``
-* Allow passing null pointers for strings
+* Allow passing ``nullptr``-valued strings
 * Transparent passing of ``void *`` pointers using capsules
-* Transparent support for returning values returned in ``std::unique_ptr``
+* Transparent support for returning values wrapped in ``std::unique_ptr<>``
 * Improved docstring generation for compatibility with Sphinx
 * Nicer debug error message when default parameter construction fails
 * Support for "opaque" types that bypass the transparent conversion layer for STL containers
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index 8c37a3f2f..15ebe9c3a 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (1, 4, 'dev0')
+version_info = (1, 4)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))