diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index b735c0fcb..c1d4691cd 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.6.10rc01 - February 27, 2014
+Libpng 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014
 
 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.
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ Files available for download:
 Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) and with a
 "configure" script
 
-   1.6.10rc01.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
-   1.6.10rc01.tar.gz
+   1.6.10rc02.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
+   1.6.10rc02.tar.gz
 
 Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
 "configure" script
 
-   lp1610r01.7z  (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
-   lp1610r01.zip
+   lp1610r02.7z  (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
+   lp1610r02.zip
 
 Other information:
 
-   1.6.10rc01-README.txt
-   1.6.10rc01-LICENSE.txt
-   libpng-1.6.10rc01-*.asc (armored detached GPG signatures)
+   1.6.10rc02-README.txt
+   1.6.10rc02-LICENSE.txt
+   libpng-1.6.10rc02-*.asc (armored detached GPG signatures)
 
 Changes since the last public release (1.6.9):
 
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Version 1.6.10beta03 [February 25, 2014]
 Version 1.6.10rc01 [February 27, 2014]
   Fixed typos in the manual and in scripts/pnglibconf.dfa (CFLAGS -> CPPFLAGS
     and PNG_USR_CONFIG -> PNG_USER_CONFIG).
+  Removed unreachable return statement after png_chunk_error()
+    in pngrutil.c
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 15adc6fc2..41e9b82fd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4865,6 +4865,10 @@ Version 1.6.10rc01 [February 27, 2014]
   Fixed typos in the manual and in scripts/pnglibconf.dfa (CFLAGS -> CPPFLAGS
     and PNG_USR_CONFIG -> PNG_USER_CONFIG).
 
+Version 1.6.10rc02 [February 27, 2014]
+  Removed unreachable return statement after png_chunk_error()
+    in pngrutil.c
+
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diff --git a/pngrutil.c b/pngrutil.c
index 7dccb1920..7fd4503e2 100644
--- a/pngrutil.c
+++ b/pngrutil.c
@@ -227,10 +227,7 @@ png_crc_finish(png_structrp png_ptr, png_uint_32 skip)
       }
 
       else
-      {
          png_chunk_error(png_ptr, "CRC error");
-         return (0);
-      }
 
       return (1);
    }