diff --git a/_layouts/maindownloadpage.html b/_layouts/maindownloadpage.html
index 596802644..bb08bd415 100644
--- a/_layouts/maindownloadpage.html
+++ b/_layouts/maindownloadpage.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
Additional information
You can find the links to prior versions or the latest development version below.
To see a detailed list of changes for each version of Scala please refer to the changelog.
-Note that the different major releases of Scala (e.g. Scala 2.9.3 and Scala 2.10.1) are not binary compatible.
+Note that different major releases of Scala (e.g. Scala 2.11.x and Scala 2.12.x) are not binary compatible with each other.
diff --git a/download/index.md b/download/index.md
index 03313cae1..9c10a37bc 100644
--- a/download/index.md
+++ b/download/index.md
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
layout: maindownloadpage
title: Download
release_version: 2.12.0
-release_date: "March 8, 2016"
+release_date: "November 3, 2016"
show_resources: "true"
other_releases: [
- ["maintenance_version", "Last 2.9.x maintenance release", 2.9.3, "February 28, 2013"],
- ["maintenance_version", "Last 2.10.x maintenance release", 2.10.6, "September 18, 2015"],
+ ["development_version", "Current 2.12.x release", 2.12.0, "November 3, 2016"],
["maintenance_version", "Latest 2.11.x maintenance release", 2.11.8, "March 8, 2016"],
- ["development_version", "Current 2.12.x release", 2.12.0, "November 3, 2016"]
+ ["maintenance_version", "Last 2.10.x maintenance release", 2.10.6, "September 18, 2015"],
+ ["maintenance_version", "Last 2.9.x maintenance release", 2.9.3, "February 28, 2013"]
]
-requirements: "Scala 2.12 requires version 8 of the Java platform. Older Scala version are compatible with Java 6 and up. Java 9 is not yet supported."
+requirements: "Scala 2.12 requires version 8 of the Java platform. Older Scala versions are compatible with Java 6 and up. Java 9 is not yet supported."
resources: [
["-main-unixsys", "scala-2.12.0.tgz", "http://downloads.lightbend.com/scala/2.12.0/scala-2.12.0.tgz", "Mac OS X, Unix, Cygwin", "19.24M"],
["-main-windows", "scala-2.12.0.msi", "http://downloads.lightbend.com/scala/2.12.0/scala-2.12.0.msi", "Windows (msi installer)", "117.78M"],