diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 27e8cfdd..f4525425 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+# ZNC 1.7.2 (2019-01-19)
+
+## New
+* Add French translation
+* Update translations
+
+## Fixes
+* Fix compilation without deprecated APIs in OpenSSL
+* Distinguish Channel CTCP Requests and Replies
+* admindebug: Enforce need of TTY to turn on debug mode
+* controlpanel: Add missing return to ListNetMods
+* webadmin: Fix adding the last allowed network
+
+## Internal
+* Add more details to DNS error logs
+
+
+
 # ZNC 1.7.1 (2018-07-17)
 
 ## Security critical fixes
diff --git a/make-tarball.sh b/make-tarball.sh
index c13b5102..ab15e541 100755
--- a/make-tarball.sh
+++ b/make-tarball.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ else
 	ZNCDIR=znc-$VERSION
 	TARGZ=$ZNCDIR.tar.gz
 	SIGN=1
-	DESC=""
-	# DESC="-rc1"
+	DESC="$(sed -En 's/set\(alpha_version "(.*)"\).*/\1/p' CMakeLists.txt)"
 fi
 
 TARGZ=`readlink -f -- $TARGZ`