diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 5b731bde5..836601f1c 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.4.0beta102 - November 18, 2009
+Libpng 1.4.0rc02 - November 18, 2009
 
 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
 
-   1.4.0beta102.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
-   1.4.0beta102.tar.gz
-   1.4.0beta102.tar.bz2
+   1.4.0rc02.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
+   1.4.0rc02.tar.gz
+   1.4.0rc02.tar.bz2
 
 Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
 "configure" script
 
-   lp140b102.zip
-   lp140b102.7z
+   lp140r02.zip
+   lp140r02.7z
 
 Other information:
 
-   1.4.0beta102-README.txt
-   1.4.0beta102-LICENSE.txt
+   1.4.0rc02-README.txt
+   1.4.0rc02-LICENSE.txt
 
 Changes since the last public release (1.2.10):
 
@@ -692,6 +692,9 @@ version 1.4.0beta102 [November 18, 2009]
     scripts/README.txt
   Updated the copyright year in scripts/pngwin.rc from 2006 to 2009.
 
+version 1.4.0rc02 [November 18, 2009]
+  Removed obsolete comments about ASM from projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
+
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index bd162ec8a..9819da1f6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2379,6 +2379,9 @@ version 1.4.0beta102 [November 18, 2009]
     scripts/README.txt
   Updated the copyright year in scripts/pngwin.rc from 2006 to 2009.
 
+version 1.4.0rc02 [November 18, 2009]
+  Removed obsolete comments about ASM from projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
+
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diff --git a/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt b/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
index 3ab24a8fe..cc7389965 100644
--- a/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
+++ b/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ This project builds the zlib binaries as follows:
 
 * Win32_DLL_Release\zlib1.dll       DLL build
 * Win32_DLL_Debug\zlib1d.dll        DLL build (debug version)
-* Win32_DLL_ASM_Release\zlib1.dll   DLL build using ASM code
-* Win32_DLL_ASM_Debug\zlib1d.dll    DLL build using ASM code (debug version)
 * Win32_LIB_Release\zlib.lib        static build
 * Win32_LIB_Debug\zlibd.lib         static build (debug version)
-* Win32_LIB_ASM_Release\zlib.lib    static build using ASM code
-* Win32_LIB_ASM_Debug\zlibd.lib     static build using ASM code (debug version)