diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ddf6823..165f3a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog of elbencho
 
-## v3.0.16 (work in progress)
+## v3.0.17 (July 31, 2024)
 
 ### New Features & Enhancements
 * Added option to ignore 404 errors on multiple retries of MultipartUploadComplete requests. (See `--s3multiignore404`.)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5369b68..c7b1311 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 EXE_NAME           ?= elbencho
 EXE_VER_MAJOR      ?= 3
 EXE_VER_MINOR      ?= 0
-EXE_VER_PATCHLEVEL ?= 16
+EXE_VER_PATCHLEVEL ?= 17
 EXE_VERSION        ?= $(EXE_VER_MAJOR).$(EXE_VER_MINOR)-$(EXE_VER_PATCHLEVEL)
 EXE                ?= $(BIN_PATH)/$(EXE_NAME)
 EXE_UNSTRIPPED     ?= $(EXE)-unstripped
diff --git a/source/Common.h b/source/Common.h
index c94c9e7..28ee2e1 100644
--- a/source/Common.h
+++ b/source/Common.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ typedef std::vector<uint64_t> UInt64Vec;
  * (Only exact matches are assumed to be compatible, that's why this can differ from the program
  * version.)
  */
-#define HTTP_PROTOCOLVERSION	"3.0.11"
+#define HTTP_PROTOCOLVERSION	"3.0.12"
 
 /**
  * Default access mode bits for new files.
diff --git a/source/workers/LocalWorker.cpp b/source/workers/LocalWorker.cpp
index aa065bd..5225e37 100644
--- a/source/workers/LocalWorker.cpp
+++ b/source/workers/LocalWorker.cpp
@@ -6385,9 +6385,7 @@ void LocalWorker::hdfsDirModeIterateFiles()
 							throw WorkerException(std::string("Unexpected short file write. ") +
 								"Path: " + pathVec[pathFDsIndex] + "/" + currentPath.data() + "; "
 								"Bytes written: " + std::to_string(writeRes) + "; "
-								"Expected written: " + std::to_string(fileSize) + "; "
-                                "Hint: Consider initial sequential write or adding "
-                                    "\"--" ARG_TRUNCTOSIZE_LONG "\" to ensure full file size.");
+								"Expected written: " + std::to_string(fileSize) );
 					}
 
 					if(benchPhase == BenchPhase_READFILES)
@@ -6405,9 +6403,7 @@ void LocalWorker::hdfsDirModeIterateFiles()
 							throw WorkerException(std::string("Unexpected short file read. ") +
 								"Path: " + pathVec[pathFDsIndex] + "/" + currentPath.data() + "; "
 								"Bytes read: " + std::to_string(readRes) + "; "
-								"Expected read: " + std::to_string(fileSize) + "; "
-								"Hint: Consider initial sequential write or adding "
-								    "\"--" ARG_TRUNCTOSIZE_LONG "\" to ensure full file size.");
+								"Expected read: " + std::to_string(fileSize) );
 					}
 				}
 				catch(...)