diff --git a/libpng.3 b/libpng.3
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--- a/libpng.3
+++ b/libpng.3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.TH LIBPNG 3 "November 30, 2013"
+.TH LIBPNG 3 "December 12, 2013"
 .SH NAME
-libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.8beta03
+libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.8rc01
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB
 #include <png.h>\fP
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 .SH LIBPNG.TXT
 libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng
 
- libpng version 1.6.8beta03 - November 30, 2013
+ libpng version 1.6.8rc01 - December 12, 2013
  Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  <glennrp at users.sourceforge.net>
  Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
 
  Based on:
 
- libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.8beta03 - November 30, 2013
+ libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.8rc01 - December 12, 2013
  Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 
@@ -5127,11 +5127,11 @@
 From libpng-1.4.0 until 1.4.4, the png_get_uint_16 macro (but not the
 function) incorrectly returned a value of type png_uint_32.
 
-Checking for invalid palette index on read or write was added at libpng
-1.5.10.  When an invalid index is found, libpng issues a benign error.
-This is enabled by default because this condition is an error according
-to the PNG specification, Clause 11.3.2, but the error can be ignored in
-each png_ptr with
+Checking for invalid palette index on write was added at libpng
+1.5.10.  If a pixel contains an invalid (out-of-range) index libpng issues
+a benign error.  This is enabled by default because this condition is an
+error according to the PNG specification, Clause 11.3.2, but the error can
+be ignored in each png_ptr with
 
    png_set_check_for_invalid_index(png_ptr, allowed);
 
@@ -5738,13 +5738,13 @@
 
 .SH XVI. Y2K Compliance in libpng
 
-November 30, 2013
+December 12, 2013
 
 Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make
 an official declaration.
 
 This is your unofficial assurance that libpng from version 0.71 and
-upward through 1.6.8beta03 are Y2K compliant.  It is my belief that earlier
+upward through 1.6.8rc01 are Y2K compliant.  It is my belief that earlier
 versions were also Y2K compliant.
 
 Libpng only has two year fields.  One is a 2-byte unsigned integer
@@ -5969,7 +5969,8 @@
  1.6.7beta01-04      16    10607  16.so.16.7[.0]
  1.6.7rc01-02        16    10607  16.so.16.7[.0]
  1.6.7               16    10607  16.so.16.7[.0]
- 1.6.8beta01-03      16    10608  16.so.16.8[.0]
+ 1.6.8beta01-02      16    10608  16.so.16.8[.0]
+ 1.6.8rc01           16    10608  16.so.16.8[.0]
 
 Henceforth the source version will match the shared-library minor
 and patch numbers; the shared-library major version number will be
@@ -6026,7 +6027,7 @@
 
 Thanks to Frank J. T. Wojcik for helping with the documentation.
 
-Libpng version 1.6.8beta03 - November 30, 2013:
+Libpng version 1.6.8rc01 - December 12, 2013:
 Initially created in 1995 by Guy Eric Schalnat, then of Group 42, Inc.
 Currently maintained by Glenn Randers-Pehrson (glennrp at users.sourceforge.net).
 
@@ -6049,7 +6050,7 @@
 
 This code is released under the libpng license.
 
-libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.8beta03, November 30, 2013, are
+libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.8rc01, December 12, 2013, are
 Copyright (c) 2004,2006-2007 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are
 distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-1.2.5
 with the following individual added to the list of Contributing Authors
@@ -6148,7 +6149,7 @@
 
 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
-November 30, 2013
+December 12, 2013
 
 .\" end of man page