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-## 1.10.1 RC2 (TBD)
+## 1.10.1 (May 12, 2021)
 ### Bugfixes:
 * Fixes in Infiniband port speed detection for HDR100
 * Fixes in building gtest-all.cc and sock.c with GCC11
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 * Fixed in configuration of loopback TCP transport (disable by default)
 * Fixes in RPM dependency on libibverbs
 * Fixes in ABI backward compatibility for active message protocol
-* Add support for DC full-handshake mode (off by default).
-* Fixes in Active Messages short reply protocol.
-* Fixes for segmentation fault while listening for connections.
+* Fixes in the DC transport - adding support for full-handshake mode (off by default)
+* Fixes in Active Messages short reply protocol
+* Fixes for segmentation fault while listening for connections
 
 ## 1.10.0 (March 9, 2021)
 ### Features: