diff --git a/sm5/CHANGELOG b/sm5/CHANGELOG
index 607b675c90ece44848645e384b2c29ca5ad5b66f..6b64499d2c49e0e1ec216e45ac0c4b2c147db143 100644
--- a/sm5/CHANGELOG
+++ b/sm5/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CHANGELOG for smartmontools
 
-$Id: CHANGELOG,v 1.271 2003/11/26 23:55:31 ballen4705 Exp $
+$Id: CHANGELOG,v 1.272 2003/11/28 23:42:04 ballen4705 Exp $
 
 The most recent version of this file is:
 http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/smartmontools/sm5/CHANGELOG?sortby=date&view=markup
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ NOTES FOR FUTURE RELEASES: see TODO file.
 
 <ADDITIONS TO THE CHANGE LOG SHOULD BE ADDED JUST BELOW HERE, PLEASE>
 
+smartmontools 5.26
+
   [BA] Improved user messages that appear from 'make install'
 
   [PW] Removed warning for SAMSUNG SP1213N with firmware TL100-23
diff --git a/sm5/NEWS b/sm5/NEWS
index 2e4216eec5619dd23fd5009f9014ad2ca7c3e46d..3278fc431928d8cf3839376486055dedf58e7f96 100644
--- a/sm5/NEWS
+++ b/sm5/NEWS
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 smartmontools NEWS
 ------------------
-CVS ID: $Id: NEWS,v 1.12 2003/11/20 05:40:07 ballen4705 Exp $
+CVS ID: $Id: NEWS,v 1.13 2003/11/28 23:42:04 ballen4705 Exp $
 
 The most up-to-date version of this file is:
 http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/smartmontools/sm5/NEWS?sortby=date&view=markup
 
-
+Date: 2003-11-29
+Summary: smartmontools release 5.26
+-----------------------------------
+This is intended to be a stable release.
 
 Date: 2003-11-19
 Summary: smartmontools release 5.25
diff --git a/sm5/smartmontools.spec b/sm5/smartmontools.spec
index 045a5bdee3b0502ef764856f3fd0ba457cfbb42b..b1a578a75234a9d163f2f020da0412a8557b2986 100644
--- a/sm5/smartmontools.spec
+++ b/sm5/smartmontools.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Packager:       Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
 # http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/smartmontools-%{version}-%{release}.tar.gz
 
 # CVS ID of this file is:
-# $Id: smartmontools.spec,v 1.144 2003/11/20 06:24:33 ballen4705 Exp $
+# $Id: smartmontools.spec,v 1.145 2003/11/28 23:42:04 ballen4705 Exp $
 
 # Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
 # Home page: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
@@ -306,6 +306,21 @@ fi
 # [PW] Phil Williams
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Nov 29 2003 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
+  [BA] Improved user messages that appear from 'make install'
+  [PW] Removed warning for SAMSUNG SP1213N with firmware TL100-23
+  [BA] incorporated SuSE init script from user.
+  [DG] if SCSI device is read only, then open it read only.
+  [BA] when compiled on non-supported system (NOT linux, freebsd or solaris) then
+       the run-time error messages now clearly say 'your system is not supported'
+       and give clear directions.
+  [BA] ./configure script now works correctly on SuSE linux boxes
+  [BA] minor improvements to man pages
+  [BA] simplified detection of packet (ATAPI, CD) devices.
+  [BA] init script (redhat, mandrake, yellowdog) now uses correct
+       strings for translation and is slightly more standard.
+  [DG] smartctl: output scsi Seagate vendor pages for disks (not tapes)
+
 * Wed Nov 19 2003 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
   [DG] smartd/smartctl: changed scsiClearControlGLTSD() to
        scsiSetControlGLTSD() with an 'enabled' argument so '-S on'