diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: splatter
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
-Version: 1.9.11
+Version: 1.11.0
 Date: 2019-10-20
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Luke", "Zappia", role = c("aut", "cre"),
diff --git a/inst/NEWS.Rd b/inst/NEWS.Rd
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@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
     function.}
     \item{Tidy and improve estimation function examples and add checks for
     suggested packages.}
-    \item{Various fixes for compatibility with updates to other packages.}
+    \item{Various fixes for compatibility with updates to other
+      packages.}
+    }
 }
 
 \section{Version 1.8.0, Bioconductor 3.9 Release (2019-04-18)}{