diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3b5859a5b..d7471a12c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,45 +1,14 @@
-0.98.7
+0.99-beta1
 ------
 
-ClamAV 0.98.7 is here! This release contains new scanning features
-and bug fixes. 
+This is a preview release of some upcoming ClamAV 0.99 features:
 
-    - Improvements to PDF processing: decryption, escape sequence
-      handling, and file property collection.
-    - Scanning/analysis of additional Microsoft Office 2003 XML format.
-    - Fix infinite loop condition on crafted y0da cryptor file. Identified
-      and patch suggested by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2221.
-    - Fix crash on crafted petite packed file. Reported and patch
-      supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2222.
-    - Fix false negatives on files within iso9660 containers. This issue
-      was reported by Minzhuan Gong.
-    - Fix a couple crashes on crafted upack packed file. Identified and
-      patches supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior.
-    - Fix a crash during algorithmic detection on crafted PE file.
-      Identified and patch supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior.
-    - Fix an infinite loop condition on a crafted "xz" archive file.
-      This was reported by Dimitri Kirchner and Goulven Guiheux.
-      CVE-2015-2668.
-    - Fix compilation error after ./configure --disable-pthreads.
-      Reported and fix suggested by John E. Krokes.
-    - Apply upstream patch for possible heap overflow in Henry Spencer's 
-      regex library. CVE-2015-2305.
-    - Fix crash in upx decoder with crafted file. Discovered and patch
-      supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2170.
-    - Fix segfault scanning certain HTML files. Reported with sample by
-      Kai Risku.
-    - Improve detections within xar/pkg files.
-
-As always, we appreciate contributions of bug reports, code fixes,
-and sample submission from the ClamAV community members:
-
-Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
-Minzhaun Gong
-Dimitri Kirchner
-Goulven Guiheux
-John E. Krokes
-Kai Risku
+    - Process YARA rules(with limitations) as ClamAV signatures.
+    - Support in ClamAV logical signatures many of the features
+      added for YARA, such as Perl Compatible Regular Expressions.
 
+For more details about ClamAV 0.99-beta1, please see the blog post
+on blog.clamav.net.
 
 --
 The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/about.html#credits)
diff --git a/README b/README
index bc5b7291c..e104042fe 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ Note: This README/NEWS file refers to the source tarball. Some things described
 here may not be available in binary packages.
 --
 
+0.99-beta1
+------
+
+This is a preview release of some upcoming ClamAV 0.99 features:
+
+    - Process YARA rules(with limitations) as ClamAV signatures.
+    - Support in ClamAV logical signatures many of the features
+      added for YARA, such as Perl Compatible Regular Expressions.
+
+For more details about ClamAV 0.99-beta1, please see the blog post
+on blog.clamav.net.
+
 0.98.7
 ------