diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 540b23b4..dc58f8f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2009-03-06  James Youngman  <jay@gnu.org>
 
+	Change suffix for non-release versions from -CVS to -git.
+	* configure.ac(AC_INIT): Change the suffix used to indicate that
+	the version number doesn't correspond to a source release from
+	-CVS to -git.
+	* NEWS: Likewise.
+
 	Updated translation po files from translationproject.org.
 	* po/bg.po: Updated Bulgarian translation.
 	* po/de.po: Updated German translation.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1fc82ef0..27a72cf1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GNU findutils NEWS - User visible changes.	-*- outline -*- (allout)
 
-* Major changes in release 4.5.4-CVS, YYYY-MM-DD
+* Major changes in release 4.5.4-git, YYYY-MM-DD
 
 ** Performance changes
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 454ba7b9..ce8b7d81 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT([GNU findutils], 4.5.4-CVS, [bug-findutils@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU findutils], 4.5.4-git, [bug-findutils@gnu.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE