diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: versus
 Title: Compare Data Frames
-Version: 0.3.0.9000
+Version: 0.3.1.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Ryan", "Dickerson", , "fresh.tent5866@fastmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph")),
     person("Eli", "Pousson", , "eli.pousson@gmail.com", role = "ctb",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 # versus (development version)
 
+# versus 0.3.1
+
 * New `table_id` argument in `compare()` allows custom table identifiers.
   By default, outputs identify tables as "a" and "b". You can now provide
   meaningful names e.g. `compare(..., table_id = c("original", "updated"))`, which
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ Use `compare()` to create a comparison of two tables.
 
 A comparison contains:
 
-- `compare()$intersection`: columns in both tables and rows with
-  differing values
-- `compare()$unmatched_cols`: columns in only one table
-- `compare()$unmatched_rows`: rows in only one table
+-   `compare()$intersection`: columns in both tables and rows with
+    differing values
+-   `compare()$unmatched_cols`: columns in only one table
+-   `compare()$unmatched_rows`: rows in only one table
 
 ``` r
 comparison <- compare(example_df_a, example_df_b, by = car)
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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+## Test environments
+
+* local macOS 14.4.1, R 4.5.1
+* win-builder (devel)
+
 ## R CMD check results
 
-0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
+0 errors | 0 warnings | 1 note (local) / 1 note (win-builder)
+
+* Local macOS: `checking for future file timestamps ... NOTE`  
+  unable to verify current time (expected in sandboxed CI environment)
+* Win-builder (devel): `checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE`  
+  Version contains large components (0.3.0.9000) — expected when checking dev builds
+
+## Additional comments
+
+* Current CRAN check results for 0.3.0 show a NOTE about the non-API call `STRING_PTR` in compiled code. The package no longer includes compiled code, so this NOTE should disappear with 0.3.1.