diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
index e69bb6762..d68499b99 100644
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ b6c10981014a5b3a963460fca3b31cc62bf7ed2c 1.0b13
 d3dbc6df2b96f8ba5704305a893e3e63b7f9cd77 1.0b14
 618201431990382474829cf96ea58e3669159f9a 1.0b15
 c84744f4519be7416dc1653142f1763f406d6896 1.0rc1
+f3cd4c138c6f40dc324a23bf01c4c7d97766477e 1.0rc2
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index bb6f00e5f..c9f51bf8c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ This release entirely revamps beets' configuration system.
   ``~/.beetsmusic.blb`` previously. Similarly, the runtime state file is now
   called ``state.pickle`` in the same directory instead of ``~/.beetsstate``.
 
-1.0rc2 (in development)
------------------------
+1.0rc2 (December 31, 2012)
+--------------------------
+
+This second release candidate follows quickly after rc1 and fixes a few small
+bugs found since that release. There were a couple of regressions and some bugs
+in a newly added plugin.
 
 * :doc:`/plugins/echonest_tempo`: If the Echo Nest API limit is exceeded or a
   communication error occurs, the plugin now waits and tries again instead of