diff --git a/doc/make.jl b/doc/make.jl
index b2b3107949103..466d4705814af 100644
--- a/doc/make.jl
+++ b/doc/make.jl
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ cd(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src")) do
     end
 end
 
-# Generate a suitable markdown file from NEWS.md and put it in src
-str = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "NEWS.md"), String)
-splitted = split(str, "<!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->")
-@assert length(splitted) == 2
-replaced_links = replace(splitted[1], r"\[\#([0-9]*?)\]" => s"[#\g<1>](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/\g<1>)")
-write(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "NEWS.md"), replaced_links)
+# # Generate a suitable markdown file from NEWS.md and put it in src
+# str = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "NEWS.md"), String)
+# splitted = split(str, "<!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->")
+# @assert length(splitted) == 2
+# replaced_links = replace(splitted[1], r"\[\#([0-9]*?)\]" => s"[#\g<1>](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/\g<1>)")
+# write(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "NEWS.md"), replaced_links)
 
 const PAGES = [
     "Home" => "index.md",
-    hide("NEWS.md"),
+    # hide("NEWS.md"),
     "Manual" => [
         "manual/getting-started.md",
         "manual/variables.md",
diff --git a/doc/src/index.md b/doc/src/index.md
index c7420bce1656a..855e45db671f1 100644
--- a/doc/src/index.md
+++ b/doc/src/index.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-# Julia 0.7 Documentation
+# Julia 1.0 Documentation
 
-Welcome to the documentation for Julia 0.7.
+Welcome to the documentation for Julia 1.0.
 
-Please read the [release notes](NEWS.md) to see what has changed since the last release.
+Please read the [release blog post](https://julialang.org/blog/2018/08/one-point-zero) for a general overview of the language and
+many of the changes since Julia v0.6. Note that version 0.7 was released alongside
+1.0 to provide an upgrade path for packages and code that predates the 1.0 release.
+The only difference between 0.7 and 1.0 is the removal of deprecation warnings.
+For a complete list of all the changes since 0.6, see the [release notes for version 0.7](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v0.7.0/NEWS/)
 
 ### [Introduction](@id man-introduction)