diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 4a70dfe..aeed4d9 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ users is unaffected).
 
 Also, remember that tokens should be 7-bit ASCII strings. getTermByToken() is
 forgiving in that it silently encodes a unicode string to utf-8, but really
-you should only pass unicode to this method.
\ No newline at end of file
+you should only pass unicode to this method.
+
diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.txt b/docs/HISTORY.txt
index e7026e5..a3a59f5 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/docs/HISTORY.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.0b1 - Unreleased
-----------------
+1.0b1 - 2009-04-17
+------------------
 
 * Initial release
 
+