pre-release machinations
diff --git a/README b/README
index e4adbd3..d3d7390 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.5 beta 2
-==================================
+This is Python version 2.5 beta 3
+=================================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.