diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 246be68..9260306 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 header      := includes/header.html
 footer      := includes/footer.html
-header_blog := includes/blog-header.html
+header_news := includes/news-header.html
 
 input_html := $(wildcard *.html)
 input_images := $(wildcard images/*.png)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ output_html := $(addprefix $(outdir)/, $(input_html))
 output_images := $(addprefix $(outdir)/, $(input_images))
 output_scripts := $(addprefix $(outdir)/, $(input_scripts))
 
-.PHONY: default clean blog publish
+.PHONY: default clean news publish
 
 default: $(outdir) $(output_html) $(output_images) \
          $(output_scripts) $(outdir)/style.css
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $(outdir)/%.html: %.html $(header) $(footer) tools/page-parse | $(outdir)
 		> $@
 
 # requires git-weblog from mikegerwitz's git-supp package
-blog:
+news:
 	@[ "$$( which git-weblog )" ] \
 		|| ( echo "Please add git-weblog to PATH" >&2 && false )
 	git fetch origin refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ blog:
 		| grep -A1 '^log size \([5-9][0-9]\{2,\}\|[0-9]\{4,\}\)$$' \
 		| grep -o '^[a-z0-9]\+$$' \
 		| xargs git weblog -Dn $$( git tag -l ) \
-		| cat $(header) $(header_blog) - $(footer) \
-		| sed 's/\(<body\)/\1 class="blog"/' \
-		> "$(outdir)/blog.html"
+		| cat $(header) $(header_news) - $(footer) \
+		| sed 's/\(<body\)/\1 class="news"/' \
+		> "$(outdir)/news.html"
 
 # documentation, styled to match the rest of the website
 webdoc:
diff --git a/includes/header.html b/includes/header.html
index f99b91a..830950c 100644
--- a/includes/header.html
+++ b/includes/header.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <div id="menu">
       <ul>
         <li id="about"><a href="./">About</a></li>
-        <li id="blog"><a href="blog.html">Blog</a></li>
+        <li id="news"><a href="news.html">News</a></li>
         <li id="download"><a href="download.html">Download</a></li>
         <li id="manual"><a href="man.html">Manual</a></li>
         <li id="source"><a href="source.html">Source Code</a></li>
diff --git a/includes/blog-header.html b/includes/news-header.html
similarity index 100%
rename from includes/blog-header.html
rename to includes/news-header.html
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 68951df..98a3a0f 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ a:hover {
 
 #menu a:hover,
 body.index #about a,
-body.blog #blog a,
+body.news #news a,
 body.download #download a,
 body.man #manual a,
 body.source #source a {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ body.source #source a {
 }
 
 body.index #about a,
-body.blog #blog a,
+body.news #news a,
 body.download #download a,
 body.man #manual a,
 body.source #source a {
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ span.release-current .date {
 }
 
 
-/** blog **/
+/** news **/
 h3.git-commit {
   margin-bottom: 0.1em;
   padding-bottom: 0.1em;