diff --git a/PendingReleaseNotes b/PendingReleaseNotes
index 67919e541184e..ccbe0596b70bc 100644
--- a/PendingReleaseNotes
+++ b/PendingReleaseNotes
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ v0.68
   offender, has been removed.  This breaks compatibility with
   pre-bobtail librbd clients by preventing them from creating new
   images.
+
+* librados now returns on commit instead of ack for synchronous calls.
+  This is a bit safer in the case where both OSDs and the client crash, and
+  is probably how it should have been acting from the beginning. Users are
+  unlikely to notice but it could result in lower performance in some
+  circumstances. Those who care should switch to using the async interfaces,
+  which let you specify safety semantics precisely.
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diff --git a/src/include/rados/librados.h b/src/include/rados/librados.h
index 4a5be3d177795..6f5e454c8e88d 100644
--- a/src/include/rados/librados.h
+++ b/src/include/rados/librados.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #define LIBRADOS_VER_MAJOR 0
-#define LIBRADOS_VER_MINOR 53
+#define LIBRADOS_VER_MINOR 68
 #define LIBRADOS_VER_EXTRA 0
 
 #define LIBRADOS_VERSION(maj, min, extra) ((maj << 16) + (min << 8) + extra)
diff --git a/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc b/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc
index ce9743a54b36c..c79005854584e 100644
--- a/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc
+++ b/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc
@@ -504,14 +504,14 @@ int librados::IoCtxImpl::operate(const object_t& oid, ::ObjectOperation *o,
   int r;
   eversion_t ver;
 
-  Context *onack = new C_SafeCond(&mylock, &cond, &done, &r);
+  Context *oncommit = new C_SafeCond(&mylock, &cond, &done, &r);
 
   int op = o->ops[0].op.op;
   ldout(client->cct, 10) << ceph_osd_op_name(op) << " oid=" << oid << " nspace=" << oloc.nspace << dendl;
   lock->Lock();
   objecter->mutate(oid, oloc,
 	           *o, snapc, ut, 0,
-	           onack, NULL, &ver);
+	           NULL, oncommit, &ver);
   lock->Unlock();
 
   mylock.Lock();