diff --git a/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/changes.txt b/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/changes.txt
index dbd75efaf52..4e6861ce677 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/changes.txt
+++ b/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/changes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Halfedge_DS Package: Release changes:
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.14 (02 Jul 2001)
+
+     - Added release note about old/new design to documentation.
+     - Documentation ispelled.
+
 2.13 (29 Jun 2001)
 
      - Added pathname to example program header line.
diff --git a/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/doc_tex/deprecated_basic/Halfedge_DS/hds.tex b/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/doc_tex/deprecated_basic/Halfedge_DS/hds.tex
index c586da9aae5..8efd1f101cb 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/doc_tex/deprecated_basic/Halfedge_DS/hds.tex
+++ b/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/doc_tex/deprecated_basic/Halfedge_DS/hds.tex
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
 \ccChapterRelease{\hdsRev. \ \hdsDate}\\
 \ccChapterAuthor{Lutz Kettner}
 
-{\bf Note:} This package has been replaced with a new design.  The old
-files are still available for backwards compatibility and to support
-MSVC++6.0, however their use is depricated and the manual pages are
-not converted anymore into the new manual format. See the new
-reference manual for the new design.
+% +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+\section{Release Note}
 
+Beginning with \cgal\ R2.3, this package has been replaced with a new
+design.  The old files are still available for backwards compatibility
+and to support older compiler, such as MSVC++6.0. However their use is
+deprecated and the manual page are not converted into the new
+reference manual format. Instead they are collected in this manual
+here. See the regular user and reference manual for the new design.
 
 % +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 \section{Introduction}
@@ -207,6 +210,13 @@ structures in Section~\ref{sectionHdsExamples} conclude the chapter.
 \ccCreationVariable{hds}
 \def\ccTagRmTrailingConst{\ccFalse}
 
+\ccHeading{Release Note}
+
+Beginning with \cgal\ R2.3, this package has been replaced with a new
+design. The old design is still available and documented here, see the
+remark at the beginning of this chapter. See the regular user and
+reference manual for the new design.
+
 \ccDefinition  
 
 A \ccClassTemplateName\ consists of vertices $V$, edges $E$, facets
diff --git a/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/version b/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/version
index ff7ef7aaa36..3666ed9d023 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/version
+++ b/Old_Packages/Halfedge_DS/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.13 (29 Jun 2001)
+2.14 (02 Jul 2001)