diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a37262f4..00d6f3b1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-1.5.y -- 2023-mm-dd
+1.5.3 -- 2023-10-25
 -------------------
 * Merged `PR #124 <https://github.com/heuer/segno/pull/124>`_ implemented by
   `missionfloyd <https://github.com/missionfloyd>`_: 
diff --git a/man/segno.1 b/man/segno.1
index ca8a9219..3869db0c 100644
--- a/man/segno.1
+++ b/man/segno.1
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "SEGNO" "1" "Nov 06, 2021" "1.4.0" "Segno"
-.SH NAME
-segno \- Segno QR Code encoder
 .
 .nr rst2man-indent-level 0
 .
@@ -30,6 +27,9 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
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+.TH "SEGNO" "1" "Oct 25, 2023" "1.5.3" "Segno"
+.SH NAME
+segno \- Segno QR Code encoder
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .sp
 \fBsegno\fP [\fIoptions\fP] content
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ QR Code version: 1 .. 40 or Micro Code Version “M1”, “M2”, “M3”, “
 .TP
 .B \-\-error {L,M,Q,H,\-}, \-e {L,M,Q,H,\-}
 Error correction level: “L”: 7% (default), “M”: 15%, “Q”: 25%, “H”: 30%,
-“\-“: no error correction (used for M1 symbols)
+“\-”: no error correction (used for M1 symbols)
 .UNINDENT
 .INDENT 0.0
 .TP
@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@ Sets the DPI value of the PNG file
 .UNINDENT
 .SH EXIT STATUS
 .sp
-\fBsegno\fP exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+\fBsegno\fP exits 0 on success, and 1 if an error occurs.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .INDENT 0.0
 .INDENT 3.5
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-$ segno "Up jumped the devil"
+$ segno \(dqUp jumped the devil\(dq
 .ft P
 .fi
 .UNINDENT
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ Prints a 2\-Q QR code to the terminal
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-$ segno \-\-compact "I am the walrus"
+$ segno \-\-compact \(dqI am the walrus\(dq
 .ft P
 .fi
 .UNINDENT
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Prints a 1\-L QR code to the terminal in a more compact manner
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-$ segno \-o=yesterday.png "Yesterday"
+$ segno \-o=yesterday.png \(dqYesterday\(dq
 .ft P
 .fi
 .UNINDENT
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Saves the 1\-Q QR code as PNG image.
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-$ segno \-o=fool.svg \-\-title="Example QR code" "The Fool on the Hill"
+$ segno \-o=fool.svg \-\-title=\(dqExample QR code\(dq \(dqThe Fool on the Hill\(dq
 .ft P
 .fi
 .UNINDENT
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Saves the 2\-Q QR code as SVG document with the given title.
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-$ segno \-o=a\-day\-in\-the\-life.svg \-\-scale=10 \-\-dark darkblue "A Day in the Life"
+$ segno \-o=a\-day\-in\-the\-life.svg \-\-scale=10 \-\-dark darkblue \(dqA Day in the Life\(dq
 .ft P
 .fi
 .UNINDENT
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ dark modules use the color “darkblue” instead of black.
 .sp
 .nf
 .ft C
-$ segno \-o rain.png \-s 4 \-\-dark "#003399" \-\-micro RAIN
+$ segno \-o rain.png \-s 4 \-\-dark \(dq#003399\(dq \-\-micro RAIN
 .ft P
 .fi
 .UNINDENT
@@ -409,6 +409,6 @@ Saves the Micro QR Code (M2\-M) as PNG image, using the color #003399 for dark
 modules. Each module corresponds to 4 x 4 pixels because the scaling factor
 was set to 4.
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-2016 - 2021 Lars Heuer -- "QR Code" and "Micro QR Code" are registered trademarks of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.
+2016 - 2023 Lars Heuer -- "QR Code" and "Micro QR Code" are registered trademarks of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.
 .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
 .
diff --git a/segno/__init__.py b/segno/__init__.py
index 772a6ec4..fe0b043f 100644
--- a/segno/__init__.py
+++ b/segno/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 except NameError:  # pragma: no cover
     str_type = str
 
-__version__ = '1.5.3.dev'
+__version__ = '1.5.3'
 
 __all__ = ('make', 'make_qr', 'make_micro', 'make_sequence', 'QRCode',
            'QRCodeSequence', 'DataOverflowError')