diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index e6f9b771e9..ef83336740 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-__version__   = '0.4.139'
+__version__   = '0.4.140'
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"
 '''
 Various run time constants.
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_new_yorker.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_new_yorker.py
index 6134ab03bc..cfd651e883 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_new_yorker.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_new_yorker.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class NewYorker(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title                 = u'The New Yorker'
     __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
-    description           = 'Best of the US journalism'    
+    description           = 'The best of US journalism'    
     oldest_article        = 7
     language = _('English')
     max_articles_per_feed = 100