diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 4d51d72..f593507 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ <h1>JavaScript I/O</h1>
     <p class="lead">
       <a href="https://github.com/iojs/io.js">io.js</a> is an <a href="https://www.npmjs.org/">npm</a> compatible platform originally based on <a href="https://nodejs.org/">node.js</a>&#8482;.
     </p>
-
+    <p class="small">
+      io.js merges in the latest updates to V8, libuv, and other base libraries while merging the existing work on
+      Node.js 0.11.x and 0.10.x. The goal is to continue Node development under an 
+      <a href="https://github.com/iojs/io.js/blob/v1.x/GOVERNANCE.md#readme">open governance</a> model and
+      to move toward a proper ES6-compatible stable release. io.js will have faster release cycles than Node.js.
+    </p>
     <div class="release">
       <a href="https://iojs.org/dist/v1.0.1/" class="release-logo-link">
         <img class="release-logo" src="images/1.0.0.png" />
@@ -43,6 +48,13 @@ <h1>JavaScript I/O</h1>
           <!-- Jan 13th 2015 -->
           <a href="https://iojs.org/dist/v1.0.1/">Version 1.0.1 <em>(Beta stability)</em></a>
         </span>
+        <span class="release-changelog">
+          <a href="https://github.com/iojs/io.js/blob/v1.x/CHANGELOG.md">View the Changelog</a>
+        </span>
+        <p class="small">
+          io.js has moved to <a href="http://semver.org/">Semver</a>. 1.0.x does not necessarily mean io.js is
+          production ready, but that it is a significant enough release to warrant a major version increment.
+        </p>
         <br>
         <span class="release-downloads">
           Download for
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 3492b53..0c6c7bf 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ ul {
   color: black;
 }
 
+.release-changelog {
+  display: block;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+}
+
+.release-changelog a {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
 .release-version em {
   color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
   font-style: normal;
@@ -175,6 +184,10 @@ p.lead {
   text-align:center;
 }
 
+p.small {
+  font-size: 12px;
+}
+
 @media (max-width: 560px) {
   nav a {
     line-height: 3;
@@ -225,6 +238,10 @@ p.lead {
   .release-version {
     text-align: center;
   }
+  .release-changelog {
+    text-align: center;
+    font-size: 0.7rem;
+  }
   .release-details {
     padding-left: initial;
     padding-top: initial;