diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 39936d7..ee035f8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Known issues:
 
 ## not yet released
 
+(nothing yet)
+
+
+## 2.0.1 (beta)
+
 - [issue #504] **Backward incompatible change to the `bunyan` CLI:**
   The `bunyan` CLI no longer adds a `Host` header when rendering a `client_req`
   field in a log record. In 1.x it used to do this (using `client_req.address`
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c93eb6..1f32011 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ test: $(NODEUNIT)
 		$(SUDO) $(NODEUNIT) test/dtrace.test.js)
 	$(NODEUNIT) $(NON_DTRACE_TEST_FILES)
 
-# Test will all node supported versions (presumes install locations I use on
+# Test with all node supported versions (presumes install locations I use on
 # my machine -- "~/opt/node-VER"):
 # Note: 'test4' is last so (if all is well) I end up with a binary
 # dtrace-provider build for my current default node version.
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index 3275b24..cd96878 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '2.0.0';
+var VERSION = '2.0.1';
 
 var p = console.log;
 var util = require('util');
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index fc02a2a..fa603a9 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
  */
 
-var VERSION = '2.0.0';
+var VERSION = '2.0.1';
 
 /*
  * Bunyan log format version. This becomes the 'v' field on all log records.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4efead4..1f29b7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "description": "a JSON logging library for node.js services",
   "author": "Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com> (http://trentm.com)",
   "main": "./lib/bunyan.js",
diff --git a/test/cli-client-req.test.js b/test/cli-client-req.test.js
index 9ed6476..8ef4a09 100644
--- a/test/cli-client-req.test.js
+++ b/test/cli-client-req.test.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test('client_req.address is not used for Host header in 2.x (issue #504)',
              function (err, stdout, stderr) {
         t.ifError(err)
         t.equal(stdout, [
-            // JSSTYLED:
+            // JSSTYLED
             '[2017-05-12T23:59:15.877Z] TRACE: minfo/66266 on sharptooth.local: request sent (client_req.address=127.0.0.1)',
             '    HEAD /dap/stor HTTP/1.1',
             '    accept: application/json, */*',