diff --git a/manual/defs.tex b/manual/defs.tex
index 0a73cba875..07839d71d6 100644
--- a/manual/defs.tex
+++ b/manual/defs.tex
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\newcommand{\WWver}{6.07}
+\newcommand{\WWver}{7.00}
 \newcommand{\guidever}{1.2}
 \newcommand{\guideref}{tol:MMABguide}
 \newcommand{\genever}{1.5}
diff --git a/manual/intro/about.tex b/manual/intro/about.tex
index a5ac1b4c51..f535a8077e 100644
--- a/manual/intro/about.tex
+++ b/manual/intro/about.tex
@@ -42,38 +42,15 @@ \subsection{~About this manual}
 \vspace{\baselineskip} 
 \noindent 
 The present model version (\WWver) is the new public version based on the
-previous official model release (version 5.16). The following are new features added 
+previous official model release (version 6.07). The following are new features added 
 and code-structure modifications made in \ws\ \WWver since the previous release.
 
 \begin{list}{$\bullet$}{\rightmargin 5mm \parsep 0mm \itemsep 0mm}
 
-\item Preparing for next model version, adding optional instrumentation to code
-      for profiling of memory use (model version 6.00).
-
-\item Separates Stokes drift spectrum calculation (US3D) from OUTG and provides 
-      new option to output surface Stokes drift partitioned into run-time defined 
-      frequencies (USSP) (model version 6.01).  
-
-\item Adds a new module for ESMF interface (model version 6.02). 
-
-\item Adds a capability to update restart file's total energy based on independent 
-      significant wave height analysis (model version 6.03).
-
-\item Adds domain decomposition for unstructured implicit schemes using PDLIB
-      (Parallel Domain Decomposition Library) and ParMetis (model version 6.04).
-
-\item Updates the namelist options for the following programs: ww3\_ounf, ww3\_ounp, 
-      ww3\_trnc, ww3\_bounc, and ww3\_shel (model version 6.05).
-
-\item Adding IC5 (the extended FS model) as a sea ice source term option (model version 6.06)
-
-\item Public release (model version 6.07)
+\item Preparing for next model version (model version 7.00).
 
 \end{list}
 
-Other additions include updates on source term parameterizations such IC2, IS2, ST4, REF1.
-
-
 \vspace{\baselineskip} \noindent 
 Up to date information on this model can be found (including bugs and bug
 fixes) on the \ws\ GitHub wiki page
diff --git a/manual/start.tex b/manual/start.tex
index f5b6a7f655..acfacaf80a 100644
--- a/manual/start.tex
+++ b/manual/start.tex
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@
 \vfill
 
  March 2019 \\
-%(DRAFT) \\
+(DRAFT) \\
 %Last Changed Rev: \SVNRevision\ % on \SVNDate \\
 \vspace{\baselineskip}
 %This model version will not be distributed \\
 % This model version is an alpha distribution \\
 % This model version is a beta distribution \\
-%{\sc please do not refer to this manuscript} \\
-%Please use the following citation from the previous release: 
+{\sc please do not refer to this manuscript} \\
+Please use the following citation from the previous release: 
 %Use \cite{\prevman} and reference in section 1.1 instead.
-{\sc To refer to this manual, please use the following citation:} \\
+%{\sc To refer to this manual, please use the following citation:} \\
 \end{center}
 \noindent The WAVEWATCH III\textsuperscript{\textregistered} Development Group (\citetalias{ww3man2019}), \citeyearpar{ww3man2019}: User manual and system documentation of  WAVEWATCH III\textsuperscript{\textregistered} version 6.07. Tech. Note 333, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/MMAB, College Park, MD, USA, 465 pp. + Appendices. 
 
diff --git a/model/ftn/w3initmd.ftn b/model/ftn/w3initmd.ftn
index 989e9d82ed..fda6c3e80f 100644
--- a/model/ftn/w3initmd.ftn
+++ b/model/ftn/w3initmd.ftn
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       PUBLIC
 !/
       REAL, PARAMETER                :: CRITOS = 15.
-      CHARACTER(LEN=10), PARAMETER   :: WWVER  = '6.07  '
+      CHARACTER(LEN=10), PARAMETER   :: WWVER  = '7.00  '
       CHARACTER(LEN=512), PARAMETER  :: SWITCHES  = &
                     'PUT_SW1' // &
                     'PUT_SW2' // &