diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 560e7287552fdfa29455d7d9c6ae3a895d9f787e..c116608aa544c35eaf553de8684ff6fc54ab0bef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 1.6.10
 ======
-- Do not track thunar/thunar-marshal.{c,h}
-- Remove Makefile and Makefile.in files when running distclean
-- Remove subversion $Id$ tags
-- Really fix trash state at startup (bug #9513 and #11913)
-- Use proper return type for thunar_file_reload (bug #11913)
-- Revert "Fix loading the trash bin status at startup (bug #9513)"
+- Do not track thunar/thunar-marshal.{c,h} (Harald Judt)
+- Remove Makefile and Makefile.in files when running distclean (Harald Judt)
+- Remove subversion $Id$ tags (Harald Judt)
+- Really fix trash state at startup (bug #9513 and #11913) (Harald Judt)
+- Use proper return type for thunar_file_reload (bug #11913) (Harald Judt)
+- Revert "Fix loading the trash bin status at startup (bug #9513)" (Harald Judt)
 
 1.6.9
 =====
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index ae555bde8bcb8ecfb17914103526c1d54dcccc15..a258a710b35fe48af309c2e8d5bf30652a0e656e 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ m4_define([thunar_version_minor], [6])
 m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [10])
 m4_define([thunar_version_nano], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [])
+m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [git])
 m4_define([thunar_version], [thunar_version_major().thunar_version_minor().thunar_version_micro()ifelse(thunar_version_nano(), [], [], [.thunar_version_nano()])ifelse(thunar_version_tag(), [git], [thunar_version_tag()-thunar_version_build()], [thunar_version_tag()])])
 
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