diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ff8e330fd5..ea5744519a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ recursive-include lib/iris/tests/results *.cml *.cdl *.txt *.xml *.json
 recursive-include lib/iris/etc *
 include lib/iris/fileformats/_pyke_rules/*.k?b
 include lib/iris/tests/stock*.npz
+exclude lib/iris/etc/site.cfg
+
+include requirements/*.txt
 
 # File required to build docs
 recursive-include docs Makefile *.js *.png *.py *.rst
diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/2.0.rst b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/2.0.rst
index 42a39057a7..c5c1af54c8 100644
--- a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/2.0.rst
+++ b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/2.0.rst
@@ -196,14 +196,15 @@ Incompatible Changes
   functionality is now delivered through :mod:`iris-grib`.
 
 * In Iris v1 it was possible to configure Iris to log at import time through
-  :attr:`iris.config.LOGGING`. This capability has been removed in iris v2.
+  `iris.config.LOGGING`. This capability has been removed in Iris v2.
 
-* When coordinates have no well defined plot axis, iris.plot and iris.quickplot
-  routines now use the order of the cube's dimensions to determine the
-  coordinates to plot as the x and y axis of a plot. 
+* When coordinates have no well defined plot axis, :mod:`iris.plot` and
+  :mod:`iris.quickplot` routines now use the order of the cube's dimensions
+  to determine the coordinates to plot as the x and y axis of a plot. 
 
-* The cf_units dependency version has been updated to v1.2.0, which prints shorter
-  unit strings.
+* The cf_units dependency version has been updated to v1.2.0, which prints
+  shorter unit strings. For example, the unit ``meter-second^-1`` is now
+  printed as ``m.s-1``.
 
 
 Deprecation removals
diff --git a/lib/iris/__init__.py b/lib/iris/__init__.py
index f45ca080c4..e7685764aa 100644
--- a/lib/iris/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/iris/__init__.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def callback(cube, field, filename):
 
 
 # Iris revision.
-__version__ = '2.0.0rc1'
+__version__ = '2.0.0rc2.dev0'
 
 # Restrict the names imported when using "from iris import *"
 __all__ = ['load', 'load_cube', 'load_cubes', 'load_raw',