diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 27158eb4ec34ac3f4d98e1edc6202d799745518b..ddef5438a3344ae27774e50740b45bbf3420692d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: splatter
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
-Version: 0.99.15
-Date: 2017-04-14
+Version: 0.99.16
+Date: 2017-04-23
 Author: Luke Zappia
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Luke", "Zappia", role = c("aut", "cre"),
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Authors@R:
 Maintainer: Luke Zappia <luke.zappia@mcri.edu.au>
 Description: Splatter is a package for the simulation of single-cell RNA
     sequencing count data. It provides a simple interface for creating complex
-    simulations that are reproducible and well-documented.
+    simulations that are reproducible and well-documented. Parameters can be
+    estimated from real data and functions are provided for comparing real and
+    simulated datasets.
 License: GPL-3 + file LICENSE
 LazyData: TRUE
 Depends:
diff --git a/inst/NEWS.Rd b/inst/NEWS.Rd
index c063adbc1b88e1bfa65c267e9ba0712091718f85..f13d1c1c71ffa354053e1b16dd6eaf8cd5cd6948 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS.Rd
+++ b/inst/NEWS.Rd
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 \name{NEWS}
 \title{News for Package \pkg{splatter}}
 
+\section{Version 0.99.16, Bioconductor 3.5 Release (2017-04-23)}{
+  \itemize{
+    \item{Splatter is a package for the simple simulation of single-cell
+    RNA-seq data, including:}
+    \item{Multiple simulation models}
+    \item{Parameter estimation from real data}
+    \item{Functions for comparing simulations and real datasets}
+    \item{Simulation of complex groups and differentiation paths}
+  }
+}
+
 \section{Version 0.99.0 (2016-12-05)}{
   \itemize{
     \item Package prepared for Bioconductor submission.
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}