2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 860b6ad..d35d569 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.7.1 (2017-10-22)
+------------------
+
+Changes:
+
+* Prominently note via warning message that the tool is no longer released as
+  ``pep8`` and will only be fixed in the ``pycodestyle`` package
 
 1.7.0 (2016-01-12)
 ------------------
diff --git a/pep8.py b/pep8.py
index 5220346..86c1d01 100755
--- a/pep8.py
+++ b/pep8.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from ConfigParser import RawConfigParser
 
-__version__ = '1.7.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '1.7.1'
 
 DEFAULT_EXCLUDE = '.svn,CVS,.bzr,.hg,.git,__pycache__,.tox'
 DEFAULT_IGNORE = 'E121,E123,E126,E226,E24,E704'