diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 93cdb76fc..0fd11e1f8 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.7.0beta79 - January 29, 2016
+Libpng 1.7.0beta79 - February 2, 2016
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ Version 1.7.0beta78 [January 23, 2016]
     32 bits of address space when size_t/ptrdiff_t are 64 bit types.
   Revised workaround for false-positive Coverity issue in pngvalid.c.
 
-Version 1.7.0beta79 [January 29, 2016]
+Version 1.7.0beta79 [February 2, 2016]
   Only use exit(77) in configure builds.
   Corrected error in PNG_IMAGE_PNG_SIZE_MAX. This new macro underreported
     the palette size because it failed to take into account that the memory
@@ -1248,6 +1248,13 @@ Version 1.7.0beta79 [January 29, 2016]
     and test.cmake.in (Roger Leigh).
   Revised pngstest to (by default) make random backgrounds on a per-file,
     not per-session, basis.
+  Refined pngcp with better (more consistent) reporting of the "--search"
+    results plus changes so that when compiled against libpng 1.6 the program
+    correctly copies text chunks; previously when a search option caused
+    multiple copies of the same file the copies after the first would not
+    have the text chunks.
+  Expanded search logging in pngcp to output results during the search;
+    sufficient for basic tests on zlib parameters.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8d82e01f5..d4ef5e4c9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5538,7 +5538,7 @@ Version 1.7.0beta78 [January 23, 2016]
     32 bits of address space when size_t/ptrdiff_t are 64 bit types.
   Revised workaround for false-positive Coverity issue in pngvalid.c.
 
-Version 1.7.0beta79 [January 29, 2016]
+Version 1.7.0beta79 [February 2, 2016]
   Only use exit(77) in configure builds.
   Corrected error in PNG_IMAGE_PNG_SIZE_MAX. This new macro underreported
     the palette size because it failed to take into account that the memory
@@ -5547,6 +5547,13 @@ Version 1.7.0beta79 [January 29, 2016]
     and test.cmake.in (Roger Leigh).
   Revised pngstest to (by default) make random backgrounds on a per-file,
     not per-session, basis.
+  Refined pngcp with better (more consistent) reporting of the "--search"
+    results plus changes so that when compiled against libpng 1.6 the program
+    correctly copies text chunks; previously when a search option caused
+    multiple copies of the same file the copies after the first would not
+    have the text chunks.
+  Expanded search logging in pngcp to output results during the search;
+    sufficient for basic tests on zlib parameters.
 
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