diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 540e3ad8ae..c84603d1e5 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 repository: pmd/pmd
 
 pmd:
-    version: 7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+    version: 7.0.0-rc3
     previous_version: 6.55.0
-    date: 27-May-2023
+    date: 30-May-2023
     release_type: major
 
 # release types: major, minor, bugfix
diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 954078b654..58fc98b933 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -671,8 +671,9 @@ Language specific fixes:
 * [#4553](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4553): \[java] Fix #4492: GuardLogStatement gives false positive when argument is a Java method reference - [Anastasiia Koba](https://github.com/anastasiia-koba) (@anastasiia-koba)
 
 ### 📈 Stats
-* 4557 commits
-* 572 closed tickets & PRs
-* Days since last release: 35
+* 4694 commits
+* 617 closed tickets & PRs
+* Days since last release: 30
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
+
diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes_pmd7.md b/docs/pages/release_notes_pmd7.md
index 340bdd82f2..3a57818bf4 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes_pmd7.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes_pmd7.md
@@ -984,7 +984,35 @@ and [Adding a new language with ANTLR](pmd_devdocs_major_adding_new_language_ant
 Related issue: [[core] Language lifecycle (#3782)](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3782)
 
 
-### API removals
+### API changes
+
+#### 7.0.0-rc3
+
+* The following previously deprecated classes have been removed:
+  * pmd-core
+    * `net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD`
+    * `net.sourceforge.pmd.cli.PMDCommandLineInterface`
+    * `net.sourceforge.pmd.cli.PMDParameters`
+    * `net.sourceforge.pmd.cli.PmdParametersParseResult`
+* The asset filenames of PMD on [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases) are
+  now `pmd-dist-<version>-bin.zip`, `pmd-dist-<version>-src.zip` and `pmd-dist-<version>-doc.zip`.
+  Keep that in mind, if you have an automated download script.
+
+  The structure inside the ZIP files stay the same, e.g. we still provide inside the binary distribution
+  ZIP file the base directory `pmd-bin-<version>`.
+* The CLI option `--stress` (or `-stress`) has been removed without replacement.
+* The CLI option `--minimum-priority` was changed with 7.0.0-rc1 to only take the following values:
+  High, Medium High, Medium, Medium Low, Low. With 7.0.0-rc2 compatibility has been restored, so that the equivalent
+  integer values (1 to 5) are supported as well.
+* Replaced `RuleViolation::getFilename` with new {% jdoc !!core::RuleViolation#getFileId() %}, that returns a
+  {% jdoc core::lang.document.FileId %}. This is an identifier for a {% jdoc core::lang.document.TextFile %}
+  and could represent a path name. This allows to have a separate display name, e.g. renderers use
+  {% jdoc core::reporting.FileNameRenderer %} to either display the full path name or a relative path name
+  (see {% jdoc !!core::renderers.Renderer#setFileNameRenderer(net.sourceforge.pmd.reporting.FileNameRenderer) %} and
+  {%jdoc core::reporting.ConfigurableFileNameRenderer %}). Many places where we used a simple String for
+  a path-like name before have been adapted to use the new {% jdoc core::lang.document.FileId %}.
+
+  See [PR #4425](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4425) for details.
 
 #### 7.0.0-rc2