diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b482df7..7e11787e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GNU make NEWS                                               -*-indented-text-*-
   History of user-visible changes.
-  30 Sep 2014
+  05 Oct 2014
 
 See the end of this file for copyrights and conditions.
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ manual, which is contained in this distribution as the file doc/make.texi.
 See the README file and the GNU make manual for instructions for
 reporting bugs.
 
-Version 4.0.90 (30 Sep 2014)
+Version 4.1 (05 Oct 2014)
 
 A complete list of bugs fixed in this version is available here:
 
diff --git a/README.git b/README.git
index 80891536..25aa9ad6 100644
--- a/README.git
+++ b/README.git
@@ -171,8 +171,11 @@ consistent (that's why we don't finalize the Git tag, etc. until the end).
     "Fixed Release" ID number.
   * Run "make distcheck" to be sure it all works.
   * Run "make check-alt-config" to be sure alternative configurations work
-  * Run "make update-www" to get a copy of the GNU make web pages
-  * Update the web page boilerplate if necessary
+  * Run "make update-makeweb" to get a copy of the GNU make web pages
+  * Run "make update-gnuweb" to get a copy of the GNU website boilerplate pages
+  * Update the web page boilerplate if necessary:
+      ../gnu-www/www/server/standards/patch-from-parent ../make-web/make.html \
+            ../gnu-www/www/server/standards/boilerplate.html
   * Run "make gendocs" (requires gnulib) to generate the manual files for
     the GNU make web pages.
   * Follow the directions from gendocs for the web page repository
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a6ebf3ea..fab9a2da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 # this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-AC_INIT([GNU make],[4.0.90],[bug-make@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU make],[4.1],[bug-make@gnu.org])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
 
diff --git a/maintMakefile b/maintMakefile
index 463106ed..f7af8d61 100644
--- a/maintMakefile
+++ b/maintMakefile
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ po-check:
 ## Generate docs.  ##
 ## --------------- ##
 
-.PHONY: update-www gendocs
+.PHONY: update-makeweb gendocs
 
 CVS = cvs
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ gendocs: update-gnuweb update-makeweb
 	find '$(MAKEWEBDIR)'/manual \( -name CVS -prune \) -o \( -name '[!.]*' -type f -exec rm -f '{}' \; \)
 	cp -r doc/manual '$(MAKEWEBDIR)'
 	@echo 'Status of $(MAKEWEBDIR) repo:' && cd '$(MAKEWEBDIR)' \
-	    && cvs -q -n update \
+	    && cvs -q -n update | grep -v '^M ' \
 	    && echo '- cvs add <new files>' \
 	    && echo '- cvs remove <deleted files>' \
 	    && echo '- cvs commit' \