diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index d27c338ed..b1a15f014 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Installation Instructions for OpenSlides 1.2
+Installation Instructions for OpenSlides 1.3
 ============================================
 
 Content
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ I. Installation on Windows (32/64bit)
         easy_install django django-mptt reportlab pil
 
         If you use a 64bit version of Python, you have to install reportlab
-        and pil not by using easy_install but manually.
+        and PIL manually - without using easy_install.
 
   2. Get OpenSlides:
 
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ I. Installation on Windows (32/64bit)
 
      OR
 
-     b) Clone development version from mercurial repository
-        http://hg.openslides.org. This requires Mercurial source control
-        management (hg), see http://mercurial.selenic.com.
-
+     b) Clone development version from OpenSlides' github repository
+        https://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides.
+        This requires Git, see http://git-scm.com/.
         Open command line (cmd) and run:
 
-        hg clone http://hg.openslides.org OpenSlides
+        git clone git://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides.git
 
   3. Start OpenSlides server and open URL in your default browser:
 
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 3d7096b1d..2f82dd045 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
             English README file for OpenSlides
             ==================================
 
-This is OpenSlides, version 1.2 (2012-07-25).
+This is OpenSlides, version 1.3-beta1 (2012-10-30).
 
 
 What is OpenSlides?
@@ -47,17 +47,27 @@ Command line options
 --------------------
 The following command line options are available:
 
+-h, --help
+    Shows all options
+
 -a, --address=ADDRESS
     Changes the address on which the server will listen for connections
 
--p, --port
+-p PORT, --port=PORT
     Changes the port on which the server will listen for connections
 
 --syncdb
-    Create/ update the database
+    Creates/updates database before starting the server
 
 --reset-admin
-    This will reset the password of the user
+    Resets the password to 'admin' for user 'admin'
+
+-s SETTINGS, --settings=SETTINGS
+    Sets the path to the settings file.
+
+--no-reload
+    Does not reload the development server
+
 
 Example 1: Openslides should only be accessible on this computer:
   openslides.exe -a 127.0.0.1
@@ -82,4 +92,3 @@ Browsers:
   IE 7+
   Chrome
   Safari
-
diff --git a/openslides/__init__.py b/openslides/__init__.py
index 17d119cf0..0fd7c9fdd 100644
--- a/openslides/__init__.py
+++ b/openslides/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     :license: GNU GPL, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-VERSION = (1, 3, 0, 'alpha', 1)
+VERSION = (1, 3, 0, 'beta', 1)
 
 
 def get_version(version=None):