diff --git a/docs/build.gradle b/docs/build.gradle
index d7cb2743..1c63b32e 100644
--- a/docs/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ def imagesDir = new File(projectDir, 'src/reference/resources/images');
 imgSpec = copySpec {
     into ('reference') {
         from("$projectDir/src/reference/resources") {
-            include "css/**/*"
+            include 'css/**/*'
+        }
+        from("$buildDir/docs") {
+            include '*.pdf'
         }
     }
     
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ refSpec = copySpec {
     into ('reference') {
         from("$buildDir/docs") {
            exclude '*.fo'
+           exclude '*.pdf'
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/docs/src/info/changelog.txt b/docs/src/info/changelog.txt
index d9f010ed..f5e13543 100644
--- a/docs/src/info/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/src/info/changelog.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ SPRING GEMFIRE INTEGRATION CHANGELOG
 ====================================
 http://www.springsource.org/spring-gemfire
 
-Changes in version 1.1.0.M3 (2011-mm-dd)
+Changes in version 1.1.0.M3 (2011-09-25)
 ----------------------------------------
 
 General
 * Upgraded to GemFire 6.6 GA
 * Introduced support for GemFire Indecies
+* Reintroduced samples in zip distribution
 
 Package org.springframework.data.gemfire
 * Improved region creation by removing the use of GemFire 6.0 API (replaced with 6.5+)
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/resources/xsl/pdf-custom.xsl b/docs/src/reference/resources/xsl/pdf-custom.xsl
index cf730cf9..9b94a030 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/resources/xsl/pdf-custom.xsl
+++ b/docs/src/reference/resources/xsl/pdf-custom.xsl
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@
         <xsl:param name="sequence" select="''"/>
         <xsl:param name="position" select="''"/>
         <xsl:param name="gentext-key" select="''"/>
-
+        
         <xsl:variable name="Version">
             <xsl:choose>
                 <xsl:when test="//productname">
                     <xsl:value-of select="//productname"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
                 </xsl:when>
                 <xsl:otherwise>
-                    <xsl:text>please define productname in your docbook file!</xsl:text>
+                    <xsl:text>Spring GemFire</xsl:text>
                 </xsl:otherwise>
             </xsl:choose>
         </xsl:variable>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index be8b6a68..1aeb6fd6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ gemfire.range = "[6.5, 7.0)"
 # --------------------
 # Project wide version
 # --------------------
-springGemfireVersion=1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+springGemfireVersion=1.1.0.M3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/gradle.properties b/samples/hello-world/gradle.properties
index c9c5db2b..242d8f6b 100644
--- a/samples/hello-world/gradle.properties
+++ b/samples/hello-world/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 junitVersion = 4.8.1
 springVersion = 3.1.0.M2
-version = 1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version = 1.1.0.M3