diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## Changes in 2.6.0
+   - Allow to focus individual spec items (see #319)
+   - Do not calculate diff on `--no-diff` (see #332)
+   - Remove deprecated module Test.Hspec.Core
+
 ## Changes in 2.5.9
    - Extract source locations from RecConError (see #375)
 
diff --git a/hspec.cabal b/hspec.cabal
--- a/hspec.cabal
+++ b/hspec.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: bf5dc1c765ad341077da7d97ffc9db5652d6b90d225ae6e211ba1be255351ca6
+-- hash: f6583555d5f4a1fddb54a7003125379b4bc4dc0603254ef4afbcacfc19ffa3ae
 
 name:             hspec
-version:          2.5.9
+version:          2.6.0
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2011-2018 Simon Hengel,
@@ -46,12 +46,11 @@
   build-depends:
       QuickCheck >=2.10
     , base ==4.*
-    , hspec-core ==2.5.9
-    , hspec-discover ==2.5.9
+    , hspec-core ==2.6.0
+    , hspec-discover ==2.6.0
     , hspec-expectations ==0.8.2.*
   exposed-modules:
       Test.Hspec
-      Test.Hspec.Core
       Test.Hspec.Discover
       Test.Hspec.Formatters
       Test.Hspec.QuickCheck
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec.hs b/src/Test/Hspec.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec.hs
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
 , xdescribe
 , xcontext
 
+-- * Focused spec items
+-- |
+-- During a test run, when a spec contains /focused/ spec items, all other spec
+-- items are ignored.
+, focus
+, fit
+, fspecify
+, fdescribe
+, fcontext
+
 -- * Hooks
 , ActionWith
 , before
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/Core.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/Core.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/src/Test/Hspec/Core.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
--- | Stability: unstable
-module Test.Hspec.Core {-# DEPRECATED "use \"Test.Hspec.Core.Spec\" instead" #-} (
-  module Test.Hspec.Core.Spec
--- * Deprecated functions
-, describe
-, it
-) where
-
-import           Test.Hspec.Core.Spec hiding (describe, it)
-
-
-{-# DEPRECATED describe "use `specGroup` instead" #-}
-describe :: String -> [SpecTree a] -> SpecTree a
-describe = specGroup
-
-{-# DEPRECATED it "use `specItem` instead" #-}
-it :: Example a => String -> a -> SpecTree (Arg a)
-it = specItem