diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
index 53195924c8..fd5061cc01 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 <!--==================================================================-->
 
-<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.7"><title>Release 1.7 (April 9, 2014)</title>
+<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.7"><title>Release 1.7 (April 11, 2014)</title>
 
 <para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has the
 following new features:</para>
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index 33ceeb37e2..5770c73661 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "warning: installing Nix as root is not recommended" >&2
-    exit 1
 fi
 
 echo "performing a single-user installation of Nix..." >&2