diff --git a/src/include/ch.h b/src/include/ch.h
index 82348a044..82766c786 100644
--- a/src/include/ch.h
+++ b/src/include/ch.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /**
  * Kernel version string.
  */
-#define CH_KERNEL_VERSION       "1.0.0rc1"
+#define CH_KERNEL_VERSION       "1.1.0unstable"
 
 /**
  * Kernel version major number.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 /**
  * Kernel version minor number.
  */
-#define CH_KERNEL_MINOR         0
+#define CH_KERNEL_MINOR         1
 
 /**
  * Kernel version patch number.
diff --git a/src/templates/chcore.c b/src/templates/chcore.c
index 496ffc8fa..06e584089 100644
--- a/src/templates/chcore.c
+++ b/src/templates/chcore.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is a template of the system driver functions provided by a port.
  * Some of the following functions may be implemented as macros in chcore.h if
- * the implementer decides there is an advantage in doing so, as example
+ * the implementer decides that there is an advantage in doing so, as example
  * because performance concerns.
  */