diff --git a/util/check-changes b/util/check-changes
index ee79da23b5..85eec0e6a8 100644
--- a/util/check-changes
+++ b/util/check-changes
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
 			# this emulates #! processing on NIH machines.
 			# (remove #! line above if indigestible)
 
-$master = 1;
+$master = 0;
 
 eval '$'.$1.'$2;' while $ARGV[0] =~ /^([A-Za-z_0-9]+=)(.*)/ && shift;
 			# process any FOO=bar switches
diff --git a/version b/version
index 92254f1839..3e6059c01c 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # configure.
 #
 PRODUCT=BIND
-DESCRIPTION="(Development Release)"
+DESCRIPTION="(Stable Release)"
 MAJORVER=9
 MINORVER=13
 PATCHVER=6