diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index afa35820f..8ec7d5b57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ Change log
 - As announced in 1.7.0, `docker-compose rm` now removes containers
   created by `docker-compose run` by default.
 
+- Setting `entrypoint` on a service now empties out any default
+  command that was set on the image (i.e. any `CMD` instruction in the
+  Dockerfile used to build it). This makes it consistent with
+  the `--entrypoint` flag to `docker run`.
+
 New Features
 
 - Added `docker-compose bundle`, a command that builds a bundle file
   to be consumed by the new *Docker Stack* commands in Docker 1.12.
-  This command automatically pushes and pulls images as needed.
 
 - Added `docker-compose push`, a command that pushes service images
   to a registry.
@@ -27,6 +31,9 @@ Bug Fixes
 - Fixed a bug where Compose would erroneously try to read `.env`
   at the project's root when it is a directory.
 
+- `docker-compose run -e VAR` now passes `VAR` through from the shell
+  to the container, as with `docker run -e VAR`.
+
 - Improved config merging when multiple compose files are involved
   for several service sub-keys.
 
@@ -52,6 +59,9 @@ Bug Fixes
 - Fixed a bug where errors during `docker-compose up` would show
   an unrelated stacktrace at the end of the process.
 
+- `docker-compose create` and `docker-compose start` show more
+  descriptive error messages when something goes wrong.
+
 
 1.7.1 (2016-05-04)
 -----------------
diff --git a/compose/__init__.py b/compose/__init__.py
index bf8a6f306..f9f0e6a6e 100644
--- a/compose/__init__.py
+++ b/compose/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '1.8.0-rc2'
+__version__ = '1.8.0-rc3'
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index d1a11ab55..2099b71c1 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ which the release page specifies, in your terminal.
 
      The following is an example command illustrating the format:
 
-        curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.0-rc2/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+        curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.0-rc3/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
      If you have problems installing with `curl`, see
      [Alternative Install Options](#alternative-install-options).
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ which the release page specifies, in your terminal.
 7. Test the installation.
 
         $ docker-compose --version
-        docker-compose version: 1.8.0-rc2
+        docker-compose version: 1.8.0-rc3
 
 
 ## Alternative install options
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ to get started.
 Compose can also be run inside a container, from a small bash script wrapper.
 To install compose as a container run:
 
-    $ curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.0-rc2/run.sh > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+    $ curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.8.0-rc3/run.sh > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
     $ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
 ## Master builds
diff --git a/script/run/run.sh b/script/run/run.sh
index caf6ed119..c2c01db62 100755
--- a/script/run/run.sh
+++ b/script/run/run.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION="1.8.0-rc2"
+VERSION="1.8.0-rc3"
 IMAGE="docker/compose:$VERSION"