diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4ae16a8c..9864550b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.186
+8.3.187
diff --git a/database/DBtpaint.c b/database/DBtpaint.c
index 10090b9a..3a59efbb 100644
--- a/database/DBtpaint.c
+++ b/database/DBtpaint.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ DBTechInitCompose()
     */
 
 #if TT_MAXTYPES <= 256
-    /* For single-byte values, memset() is fastest.
+    /* For single-byte values, memset() is fastest. */
 
     dtype = &(DBWriteResultTbl[0][0]);
     for (q = 0; q < TT_MAXTYPES; q++)