diff --git a/STABLE/changelog.txt b/STABLE/changelog.txt
index a149cc9d3..cb9fcfd02 100644
--- a/STABLE/changelog.txt
+++ b/STABLE/changelog.txt
@@ -119,3 +119,7 @@ Changes in 2.0.15
 Changes in 2.0.16
 
 1)  Backport DROPINVALID from 2.2.0.
+
+Changes in 2.0.17
+
+1)  Fix rejNotSyn.
diff --git a/STABLE/firewall b/STABLE/firewall
index ae564c8f4..4018a7750 100755
--- a/STABLE/firewall
+++ b/STABLE/firewall
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ process_actions2() {
 		[ "$COMMAND" != check ] && run_iptables -A dropNotSyn -p tcp ! --syn -j DROP
 		;;
 	    rejNotSyn)
-		[ "$COMMAND" != check ] && run_iptables -A rejectNotSyn -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
+		[ "$COMMAND" != check ] && run_iptables -A rejNotSyn -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
 		;;
 	    logNotSyn)
 		log_action logNotSyn LOG
diff --git a/STABLE/releasenotes.txt b/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
index 4642131c2..cab82fe85 100644
--- a/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Shorewall 2.0.16
+Shorewall 2.0.17
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Problems Corrected in version 2.0.4
@@ -299,3 +299,8 @@ New Features in 2.0.16
 
     If not specified or if specified as empty (e.g., DROPINVALID="")
     then DROPINVALID=Yes is assumed.
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Problems corrected in 2.0.17
+
+1) Invoking the 'rejNotSyn' action results in an error at startup.
+