diff --git a/deskutils/gsimplecal/Makefile b/deskutils/gsimplecal/Makefile
index e97cc299fa41..c16634799734 100644
--- a/deskutils/gsimplecal/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gsimplecal/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	gsimplecal
-PORTVERSION=	2.2
+PORTVERSION=	2.3
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight calendar applet written in C++ using GTK
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dmedvinsky
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang gmake gnome pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	glib20 gtk30
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/gsimplecal \
 		man/man1/gsimplecal.1.gz
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/deskutils/gsimplecal/distinfo b/deskutils/gsimplecal/distinfo
index 53bba3222b61..e57117a8c244 100644
--- a/deskutils/gsimplecal/distinfo
+++ b/deskutils/gsimplecal/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1613670132
-SHA256 (dmedvinsky-gsimplecal-v2.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 7f5f5c9d35fcdcb653d9dd3507511d59268771f1eaa453d3a3982562402892af
-SIZE (dmedvinsky-gsimplecal-v2.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 14462
+TIMESTAMP = 1653221259
+SHA256 (dmedvinsky-gsimplecal-v2.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 393325a16511c0fd93b3839893ae0062634d96f92761d4cfef5daae33bc59b1a
+SIZE (dmedvinsky-gsimplecal-v2.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 14629
diff --git a/deskutils/gsimplecal/pkg-message b/deskutils/gsimplecal/pkg-message
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88b1caa66b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deskutils/gsimplecal/pkg-message
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+{ type: install
+  message: <<EOM
+In order to use gsimplecal it is required to create a configuration file in
+~/.config/gsimplecal
+
+See man gsimplecal for an example of such a configuration file.
+
+EOM
+}
+]