diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/3.8.2.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/3.8.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fbb79f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/3.8.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+3.8.2 -- 2020-05-22
+-------------------
+
+You can view the `3.8.2 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
+
+Bugs Fixed
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Improve performance by eliminating unncessary sort (See also `GitLab!429`_)
+
+- Improve messaging of ``--jobs`` argument by utilizing ``argparse`` (See also
+  `GitLab!428`_, `GitLab#567`_)
+
+- Fix file configuration options to be relative to the config passed on the
+  command line (See also `GitLab!431`_, `GitLab#651`_)
+
+- Fix incorrect handling of ``--extend-exclude`` by treating its values as
+  files (See also `GitLab!432`_, `GitLab#653`_)
+
+.. all links
+.. _3.8.2 milestone:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/milestones/35
+
+.. issue links
+.. _GitLab#567:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/issues/567
+.. _GitLab#651:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/issues/651
+.. _GitLab#653:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/issues/653
+
+.. merge request links
+.. _GitLab!428:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/merge_requests/428
+.. _GitLab!429:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/merge_requests/429
+.. _GitLab!431:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/merge_requests/431
+.. _GitLab!432:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/merge_requests/432
diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
index 9c5551c..53cf726 100644
--- a/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ with the newest releases first.
 ==================
 
 .. toctree::
+    3.8.2
     3.8.1
     3.8.0
     3.7.9
diff --git a/src/flake8/__init__.py b/src/flake8/__init__.py
index b38ffdc..2300aa8 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__ = "3.8.1"
+__version__ = "3.8.2"
 __version_info__ = tuple(
     int(i) for i in __version__.split(".") if i.isdigit()
 )
diff --git a/src/flake8/options/config.py b/src/flake8/options/config.py
index 6c66d89..eaa2b4e 100644
--- a/src/flake8/options/config.py
+++ b/src/flake8/options/config.py
@@ -188,9 +188,7 @@ class MergedConfigParser(object):
         if parent is None:
             parent = self.config_finder.local_directory
 
-        final_value = option.normalize(
-            value, parent
-        )
+        final_value = option.normalize(value, parent)
         LOG.debug(
             '%r has been normalized to %r for option "%s"',
             value,