diff --git a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
index 44a13ac08..76d2355b3 100755
--- a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@
       </ul>
       <p>Notes:</p>
       <ul>
+        <li>
+          Converted the build system to
+          <a href="http://maven.apache.org/">Maven</a>. The directory structure
+          has been maintained for now, rather than adopting Maven's
+          <a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html">
+            standard directory layout
+          </a>. This will change once Maven has been <i>proven</i>.
+        </li>
         <li>
           Introduced <span class="code">FileText</span> to provide more
           flexibitily on how the contents of a file are