diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index bf8ffc571..3229ebc4c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ Happy Christmas!
 * Support for ``std::unique_ptr`` with non-default deleters or no deleter at
   all (``py::nodelete``). `#384 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/384>`_.
 
-* Removed ``handle.call()`` method to invoke Python functions, the new syntax
-  is simply ``handle()``. It can also be invoked explicitly via
+* Deprecated ``handle::call()`` method. The new syntax to call Python
+  functions is simply ``handle()``. It can also be invoked explicitly via
   ``handle::operator<X>()``, where ``X`` is an optional return value policy.
 
 * Print more informative error messages when ``make_tuple()`` or ``cast()``
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 69f0cb337..b77792dc1 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'pybind11'
-copyright = '2015, Wenzel Jakob'
+copyright = '2016, Wenzel Jakob'
 author = 'Wenzel Jakob'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ author = 'Wenzel Jakob'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.9'
+version = '2.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.9.dev0'
+release = '2.0.0-rc1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index be66f0732..bf6388f20 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (1, 9, 'dev0')
+version_info = (2, 0, '0-rc1')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))