diff --git a/docs/docs/release_notes.xml b/docs/docs/release_notes.xml
index c3dac84192e61f55b60dd95646ef0642f52026ad..fc955ae518c1be6b24d2bba90eb28d1edf088999 100644
--- a/docs/docs/release_notes.xml
+++ b/docs/docs/release_notes.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@
 <!-- *******************************************************************************  -->
 
 <current>
+New Features:
+
+Non-Backwards Compatible Changes:
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+Other:
+
+</current>
+
+<!-- *******************************************************************************  -->
+
+<old name="17.48" date="Oct 18, 2012">
 New Features:
   - Added more overloads of find_max_factor_graph_potts() to make applying it 
     over a Markov random field of image pixels really simple.
@@ -47,7 +60,7 @@ Other:
     supports this.
   - Made integer serialization about 3 times faster.
 
-</current>
+</old>
 
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