diff --git a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
index 6af9045dd..e8f9fe8dd 100755
--- a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@
 
   <body>
 
-    <section name="Release 4.0">
+    <section name="Release 4.0 Beta 1">
 
       <p>New features:</p>
 
       <ul>
 
+        <li>Introduced preliminary support (beta quality) for the Java 5
+        language. Previous versions of Java are still supported so this
+        release should be a drop in replacement for the 3.5 release. The
+        reason for the beta release is to solicit feedback on the Java 5
+        support.</li>
+
         <li>Documentation contains an alphabetically sorted
             list of all available checks.</li>
 
