diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e86b3ab474..ab351993d8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5.1.0-dev.8 | 2022-06-06 09:38:59 -0700
+
+  * Remove duplicate entry about websockets from 5.0 NEWS (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 5.1.0-dev.7 | 2022-06-06 09:36:32 -0700
 
   * NEWS updates for 5.0 (Vern Paxson, Corelight)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3a1a4242f5..b841298f08 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ New Functionality
 
 - Zeek now provides WebSocket support for exchanging events with external
   clients. To enable it, call `Broker::listen_websocket()`.  Zeek will then
-  start listening on port 9997 for incoming WebSocket connections. See the
-  Broker documentation for a description of the message format expected over
-  these WebSocket connections.
+  start listening on port 9997 for incoming WebSocket connections. Zeek/Broker
+  communicates via JSON messages. See the Broker documentation for a description
+  of the message format expected over these WebSocket connections at
+  https://docs.zeek.org/projects/broker/en/current/web-socket.html.
 
 - Compiling scripts to C++ (via ``-O gen-C++``) is now "feature complete", i.e.,
   the compiler should be able to process any script - other than those
@@ -125,12 +126,6 @@ New Functionality
 - The ``base/misc/installation.zeek`` script provides your Zeek installation's
   key directories.
 
-- Broker now allows clients to connect as lightweight peers via WebSocket. Zeek
-  scripts may expose a WebSocket port by calling
-  `Broker::listen_websocket`. Zeek/Broker communicates via JSON messages, the
-  format is documented here:
-  https://docs.zeek.org/projects/broker/en/current/web-socket.html
-
 Changed Functionality
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3e4ff96e6d..700516a746 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.1.0-dev.7
+5.1.0-dev.8