diff --git a/bin/h5vers b/bin/h5vers
index 7a07f68d75c..a23b739511a 100755
--- a/bin/h5vers
+++ b/bin/h5vers
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ die "unable to read file: $README\n" unless -r $file;
 my $RELEASE = $file;
 $RELEASE =~ s/[^\/]*$/..\/release_docs\/RELEASE.txt/;
 die "unable to read file: $RELEASE\n" unless -r $file;
+# release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt
+my $NEWS = $file;
+$NEWS =~ s/[^\/]*$/..\/release_docs\/NEWSLETTER.txt/;
+die "unable to read file: $NEWS\n" unless -r $file;
 # configure.ac
 my $CONFIGURE = $file;
 $CONFIGURE =~ s/[^\/]*$/..\/configure.ac/;
@@ -247,6 +251,7 @@ if ($set) {
   # Nothing to do but print result
   $README = "";
   $RELEASE = "";
+  $NEWS = "";
   $CONFIGURE = "";
   $CPP_DOC_CONFIG = "";
   $LT_VERS = "";       
@@ -329,6 +334,20 @@ if ($RELEASE) {
   close FILE;
 }
 
+# Update the release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt file
+if ($NEWS) {
+  open FILE, $NEWS or die "$NEWS: $!\n";
+  my @contents = <FILE>;
+  close FILE;
+  $contents[0] = sprintf("HDF5 version %d.%d.%d%s %s",
+             @newver[0,1,2],
+             $newver[3] eq "" ? "" : "-".$newver[3],
+             "currently under development\n");
+  open FILE, ">$NEWS" or die "$NEWS: $!\n";
+  print FILE @contents;
+  close FILE;
+}
+
 # Update the c++/src/cpp_doc_config file
 if ($CPP_DOC_CONFIG) {
   my $data = read_file($CPP_DOC_CONFIG);
diff --git a/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt b/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt
index 51d8757861c..0a7637cf0bf 100644
--- a/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt
+++ b/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Release of HDF5 1.14.4 Library and Tools is now available from the HDF5 Releases page.
+
+This is a maintenance release with a few changes and updates:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 * Added support for _Float16 16-bit floating-point datatype
 
   Support for the 16-bit floating-point _Float16 C type has been added to
@@ -8,3 +13,7 @@
   data and data of another HDF5 datatype.
 
   (GitHub #4065, #2154)
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Please see the full release notes for detailed information regarding this release,
+including a detailed list of changes.
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