diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
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--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-Public release of LyX version 2.2.0rc1
+Public release of LyX version 2.2.0
 ========================================
 
-We are proud to announce the first release candidate of LyX 2.2.0.
+We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.0.
 
 With this release, LyX celebrates 20 years of existence. The 2.2 series
 has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable series.
 
-LyX 2.2.0rc1 is the culmination of two years of hard work. An overview
+LyX 2.2.0 is the culmination of two years of hard work. An overview
 of the new features can be found here:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22
 
-You can download LyX 2.2.0rc1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/.
+You can download LyX 2.2.0 from https://www.lyx.org/Download/.
 
-For Windows users, if you installed a previous pre-release of LyX 2.2.0, you
+For Windows users, if you installed a pre-release of LyX 2.2.0, you
 should uninstall that version before installing this newer release.
 
 We hope you will enjoy the result!
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ to the current stable releases (LyX 2.1.x). We strongly recommend that
 packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file.
 
 As with any major release, this one comes with a lot of new features but
-also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.0rc1, either
+also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.0, either
 email the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
 or open a bug report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome.