diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e33ed6472..704a62119 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Changelog
 #########
 
-1.4 (not yet released)
+1.4 (April 7, 2016)
 --------------------------
 * Transparent type conversion for ``std::wstring`` and ``wchar_t``
 * Allow passing ``nullptr``-valued strings
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ Changelog
 * Nicer debug error message when default parameter construction fails
 * Support for "opaque" types that bypass the transparent conversion layer for STL containers
 * Redesigned type casting interface to avoid ambiguities that could occasionally cause compiler errors
-* Redesigned property implementation; fixes crashes due to an unfortunate
-  default return value policy.
+* Redesigned property implementation; fixes crashes due to an unfortunate default return value policy.
 * Anaconda package generation support
 
 1.3 (March 8, 2016)
diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index b175228d3..591158e95 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ To release a new version of pybind11:
     - ``git add`` and ``git commit``.
     - ``python setup.py sdist upload``.
     - ``python setup.py bdist_wheel upload``.
+    - Tag release date in ``doc/changelog.rst``.
 - Tag the commit and push to anaconda.org
     - ``git tag -a X.X -m '[Release comment]'``.
     - ``conda-build conda.recipe --output``