diff --git a/docs/changes/4.0.0.rst b/docs/changes/4.0.0.rst
index bdb8b235a..f04f2c063 100644
--- a/docs/changes/4.0.0.rst
+++ b/docs/changes/4.0.0.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Changelog for Falcon 4.0.0
 Summary
 -------
 
-The first alpha release of Falcon 4.0.0 is here!
+The alpha release of Falcon 4.0.0 is here!
 
 We would really appreciate if you could help with early testing on your code!
-You can grab this release from PyPI (``pip install falcon==4.0.0a1``),
+You can grab this release from PyPI (``pip install falcon==4.0.0a2``),
 and :ref:`let us know how it went <chat>`!
 
 Although we are still in the process of polishing the last items from the
diff --git a/falcon/version.py b/falcon/version.py
index 9f4e66609..704661dc5 100644
--- a/falcon/version.py
+++ b/falcon/version.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 """Falcon version."""
 
-__version__ = '4.0.0a1'
+__version__ = '4.0.0a2'
 """Current version of Falcon."""