diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 72a13e7dbc..47c2f26af2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING=AC_PACKAGE_VERSION
 GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION=`echo $GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING | [ sed -e 's/^\([^\.]*\)\.\([^.]*\)\.\(.*\)$/\1/' ]`
 GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION=`echo $GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING | [ sed -e 's/^\([^\.]*\)\.\([^.]*\)\.\(.*\)$/\2/' ]`
 GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION=`echo $GNUCASH_VERSION_STRING | [ sed -e 's/^\([^\.]*\)\.\([^.]*\)\.\(.*\)$/\3/' ]`
-GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION="2.2.9"
+GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES=$GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION.$(($GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION-($GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION%2)))
 
 # save any user/environment optimization flags before we muck with them in
 # --enable-debug:
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GCONF_SCHEMA_CONFIG_SOURCE_DIRONLY)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION)
-AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES)
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MAJOR_VERSION,
 	[GnuCash Major version number])
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MINOR_VERSION,
 	[GnuCash Minor version number])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION, $GNUCASH_MICRO_VERSION,
 	[GnuCash Micro version number])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION, "$GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION",
-	[Most recent stable version of GnuCash])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES, "$GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES",
+	[Most recent stable GnuCash series])
 
 dnl Set of available languages.
 ALL_LINGUAS="ca cs da de el en_GB es_NI es eu fa fi fr he hu it ja ko lt lv_LV nb ne nl pl pt_BR pt ro ru rw sk sv ta tr uk vi zh_CN zh_TW"
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 29a9c0b016..1f3f51cafc 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ gnucash.1: gnucash.1.in Makefile
 
 tip_of_the_day.list: tip_of_the_day.list.in Makefile
 	${CC} -E -P -x c -D'N_(x)=x' -o $@.tmp $<
-	cat -s $@.tmp | ${SED} -e 's/^ *\"\(.*\)\" *$$/\1/' \
-                           -e 's:@-GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION-@:${GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION}:g' > $@
+	cat -s $@.tmp | ${SED} -e 's/^ *"//' \
+	                       -e 's/" *$$//' \
+	                       -e 's/"* *[|] */|/' \
+                           -e 's:@-GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES-@:${GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES}:g' > $@
 	rm -f $@.tmp
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = gnc-prices.1 gnucash.1 tip_of_the_day.list
diff --git a/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in b/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in
index 76299b04d0..11c0605c27 100644
--- a/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in
+++ b/doc/tip_of_the_day.list.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
  N_( "Warning!! This is a DEVELOPMENT version of GnuCash. \
 It probably has lots of bugs and unstable features! \
 If you are looking for a stable personal finance application, \
-you should use the latest release of GnuCash @-GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION-@.")
+you should use the latest release of GnuCash %s.")|@-GNUCASH_LATEST_STABLE_SERIES-@
 
  N_( "The GnuCash online manual has lots of helpful information. \
 If you are upgrading from earlier versions of GnuCash, the section \
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-totd.c b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-totd.c
index d636bd5af0..5e9d2db463 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-totd.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-totd.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ gnc_new_tip_number (GtkWidget *widget,
                     gint offset)
 {
     GtkWidget *textview;
+    gchar **tip_components, **tip_args;
+    gchar *tip;
 
     ENTER("widget %p, offset %d", widget, offset);
     current_tip_number += offset;
@@ -90,9 +92,14 @@ gnc_new_tip_number (GtkWidget *widget,
         current_tip_number = 0;
     gnc_gconf_set_int(GCONF_SECTION, KEY_CURRENT_TIP, current_tip_number, NULL);
 
+    tip_components = g_strsplit(tip_list[current_tip_number], "|", 0);
+    tip_args = &tip_components[1];
     textview = gnc_glade_lookup_widget(widget, "tip_textview");
+    tip = g_strdup_printf( _(tip_components[0]), tip_components[1]);
+    g_strfreev(tip_components);
     gtk_text_buffer_set_text(gtk_text_view_get_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textview)),
-                             _(tip_list[current_tip_number]), -1);
+                             tip, -1);
+    g_free(tip);
     LEAVE("");
 }