diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 09e80317..4ff11299 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ?
+# 3.0.0-rc.1
 
 - Security fix: 'extPath', 'imgPath', 'extIconsPath', 'canvgPath',
   'langPath', 'jGraduatePath', and 'jspdfPath' were not being prevented
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index deceaac7..1b990537 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,14 +81,17 @@ incorporating SVGEdit.
       to have the changes properly copied to `svg-editor.html`.
 
 ## Recent news
-  * 2018-05-26 Published 3.0.0-alpha.2 with ES6 Modules support
-  * 2017-07 Added to Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/svg-edit/svgedit
-  * 2015-12-02 SVG-edit 2.8.1 was released.
-  * 2015-11-24 SVG-edit 2.8 was released.
-  * 2015-11-24 Code, issue tracking, and docs are being moved to github (previously [code.google.com](https://code.google.com/p/svg-edit)).
-  * 2014-04-17 2.7 and stable branches updated to reflect 2.7.1 important bug fixes for the embedded editor.
-  * 2014-04-07 SVG-edit 2.7 was released.
-  * 2013-01-15 SVG-edit 2.6 was released.
+
+- 2018-07-19 Published 3.0.0-rc.1 allowing for extensions and locales to be
+  expressed as modules
+- 2018-05-26 Published 3.0.0-alpha.2 with ES6 Modules support
+- 2017-07 Added to Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/svg-edit/svgedit
+- 2015-12-02 SVG-edit 2.8.1 was released.
+- 2015-11-24 SVG-edit 2.8 was released.
+- 2015-11-24 Code, issue tracking, and docs are being moved to github (previously [code.google.com](https://code.google.com/p/svg-edit)).
+- 2014-04-17 2.7 and stable branches updated to reflect 2.7.1 important bug fixes for the embedded editor.
+- 2014-04-07 SVG-edit 2.7 was released.
+- 2013-01-15 SVG-edit 2.6 was released.
 
 ## Videos
 
diff --git a/docs/ReleaseInstructions.md b/docs/ReleaseInstructions.md
index 24bb6c40..7d213f6f 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseInstructions.md
+++ b/docs/ReleaseInstructions.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     `PlainObject` or `GenericArray` to indicate the simple base type was
     intentional. `*` should also be checked. The script reports all failing
     matches within `editor`. There should be none.
+1. Preview which files will be included once published (taking into
+    account `.npmignore`), by using `npm pack` (taking care to remove
+    the `.tgz` tarball file that it creates).
 
 ## Update the main project
 <!--
@@ -18,8 +21,7 @@
 -->
 1. Update `version` in `package.json` (and `package-lock.json` (via `npm i`)).
 1. Update the CHANGES file with a summary of all changes.
-1. Update the README references to `svg-edit.github.io` to point to the
-  current version (note that it will not be available until the steps below).
+1. Add new release info to `Recent news` section in README
 1. Commit these changes
 <!-- with `git commit -m "Updating Makefile and CHANGES for release X.Y"`-->.
 1. Tag the version, prefixed by "v", e.g., `v3.0.1`.
@@ -39,9 +41,10 @@ The above steps can be done on a fork and committed via a pull request.
   `svgedit-config-es.js` and `svgedit-config-iife.js` files).
 1. Commit these changes with `git commit -m "Updating files for release X.Y"`.
 1. Switch back to the `master` branch with `git checkout master`.
-1. Ensure this step worked by visiting <https://svgedit.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-X.Y/svg-editor.html>
-  (and in an ES6-Module-compliant browser,
-  <https://svgedit.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-X.Y/svg-editor-es.html>).
+1. Ensure this step worked by visiting
+    <https://svgedit.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-X.Y/svg-editor.html>
+    (and in an ES6-Module-compliant browser,
+    <https://svgedit.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-X.Y/svg-editor-es.html>).
 
 The above steps can be done on a fork and committed via a pull request.
 
@@ -63,13 +66,4 @@ You will need to be a member of the SVG-Edit GitHub group to do this step.
 
 ## Publish to npm
 
-1. To preview which files will be included once published (taking into
-    account `.npmignore`), you may use `npm pack` (taking care to remove
-    the `.tgz` tarball file that it creates).
 1. `npm publish`
-
-## Update the project docs
-
-Ensure `README.md` has references and links to the shiny new release.
-This will probably not be needed if the `latest` directory continues to
-be preferred over hard-coding links to particular releases.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 80ec35c5..415aea8e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "svgedit",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.4",
+  "version": "3.0.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f256e696..5f89d580 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "svgedit",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.4",
+  "version": "3.0.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Powerful SVG-Editor for your browser ",
   "main": "dist/index-umd.js",
   "module": "dist/index-es.js",