diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index 5083e6ccd6adc..1e9e0581aa943 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility.
 Notable changes
 ===============
 
+This is a minor release and hence there are no notable changes.
+For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes for the
+0.10.0 release at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md
 
 0.10.1 Change log
 =================