diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/3.8.0.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/3.8.0.rst
index 81dcb8c..c16faff 100644
--- a/docs/source/release-notes/3.8.0.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/3.8.0.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-3.8.0a1 -- 2020-04-23
+3.8.0a2 -- 2020-04-24
+---------------------
+
+You can view the `3.8.0 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
+
+Bugs Fixed
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fix ``type="str"`` optparse options (See also `GitLab!419`_)
+
+
+3.8.0a1 -- 2020-04-24
 ---------------------
 
 You can view the `3.8.0 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
@@ -177,3 +188,5 @@ Deprecations
    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/417
 .. _GitLab!418:
    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/418
+.. _GitLab!419:
+   https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/merge_requests/419
diff --git a/src/flake8/__init__.py b/src/flake8/__init__.py
index 18838e5..0af3212 100644
--- a/src/flake8/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flake8/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if False:  # `typing.TYPE_CHECKING` was introduced in 3.5.2
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 LOG.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
-__version__ = "3.8.0a1"
+__version__ = "3.8.0a2"
 __version_info__ = tuple(
     int(i) for i in __version__.split(".") if i.isdigit()
 )