diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 90a00ce6f..fafaa14ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2012-08-14  Peter Stephenson  <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 
+	* unposted: Etc/relnote_5.0.0.txt, Etc/.distfiles: add.
+
 	* unposted: Etc/Changelog-4.3, Etc/ChangeLog-5.0,
 	Etc/.distfiles: rename
 
@@ -49,5 +51,5 @@
 
 *****************************************************
 * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.5693 $
+* $Revision: 1.5694 $
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diff --git a/Etc/.distfiles b/Etc/.distfiles
index d1ed8cbd0..2f9d7cd12 100644
--- a/Etc/.distfiles
+++ b/Etc/.distfiles
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ relnote_4.3.8.txt
 relnote_4.3.9.txt
 relnote_4.3.10.txt
 relnote_4.3.12.txt
+relnote_5.0.0.txt
 zsh-development-guide
 '
diff --git a/Etc/relnote_5.0.0.txt b/Etc/relnote_5.0.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0f0063b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Etc/relnote_5.0.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Version 5.0.0 of zsh is the new stable release.  There are many changes
+since the last stable release series, 4.2, of which the most important
+is handling of multibyte characters.  The file NEWS in the distribution
+gives more information.  The file README details some incompatibilities
+with previous versions, mostly minor.
+
+Users of the development release series will not see major changes since
+the previous release, 4.3.17.