diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index c666d01f4d200c152702269681473d9a315a7b42..d623491d4441f8c9388f283920badb8c97cda5c3 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index e51d457aa83841ffbffe9f0d765c604c0f446fe0..64f2f1f29fd9c8f407c738d4e0c1e2916d4eef66 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 15.1 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 16.0 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
@@ -2073,7 +2073,7 @@ Controls intra coding speedup introducted with local dual tree mode.
 \Option{SplitPredictAdaptMode} &
 %\ShortOption{\None} &
 \Default{0} &
-Control mode for split cost prediction, 0..2 (Default: 0)" 
+Control mode for split cost prediction, 0..2 (Default: 0)
 \par
 \begin{tabular}{cp{0.45\textwidth}}
  0 & QP based cost prediction.\\
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ Control mode for split cost prediction, 0..2 (Default: 0)"
 \Option{DisableFastTTfromBT} &
 %\ShortOption{\None} &
 \Default{false} &
-Disable fast decision for TT from BT." 
+Disable fast decision for TT from BT.
 \par
 \\
 
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index e994a90e3db1f54291baa3d73ea1916f29bcb5de..8a4d0211f76ab0cb032a4b46dbd8495b15b8aaa4 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "16.0rc1"
+#define VTM_VERSION "16.0"
 #endif