diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 7d01ae68e..696bf78f2 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -91,9 +91,14 @@ Changes in Version 2.8
 ------------------------
 
 Version 2.8 is a major release that provides full support for MongoDB 2.8 and
-fixes a number of bugs. Highlights include:
+fixes a number of bugs.
 
-- Support for the SCRAM-SHA-1 authentication mechanism.
+Special thanks to Don Mitchell, Ximing, Can Zhang, and Sergey Azovskov for
+their contributions to this release.
+
+Highlights include:
+
+- Support for the SCRAM-SHA-1 authentication mechanism (new in MongoDB 2.8).
 - JSON decoder support for the new $numberLong and $undefined types.
 - JSON decoder support for the $date type as an ISO-8601 string.
 - Support passing an index name to :meth:`~pymongo.cursor.Cursor.hint`.
diff --git a/doc/contributors.rst b/doc/contributors.rst
index 0c734295d..1c446564a 100644
--- a/doc/contributors.rst
+++ b/doc/contributors.rst
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ The following is a list of people who have contributed to
 - Luke Lovett (lovett89)
 - Jaroslav Semančík (girogiro)
 - Don Mitchell (dmitchell)
+- Ximing (armnotstrong)
 - Can Zhang (cannium)
 - Sergey Azovskov (last-g)
diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst
index 6c934d2d1..36a832bec 100644
--- a/doc/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/installation.rst
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ but can be found on the
 `github tags page <https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/tags>`_.
 They can be installed by passing the full URL for the tag to pip::
 
-  $ pip install https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/archive/2.7rc1.tar.gz
+  $ pip install https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/archive/2.8rc0.tar.gz
 
 or easy_install::
 
-  $ easy_install https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/archive/2.7rc1.tar.gz
+  $ easy_install https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/archive/2.8rc0.tar.gz