--- a/RELEASE_NOTES	Mon May 10 14:09:23 2010 +0100
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES	Sat May 15 16:46:47 2010 -0700
@@ -9,6 +9,35 @@
 Consult the file CHANGES.html for more detailed information about changed
 API and behavior across ns-3 releases.
 
+Release 3.9
+===========
+
+Availability
+------------
+This release is not yet available.
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+ns-3.9 has been tested on the following platforms:
+
+Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the
+wiki for more information:
+http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation
+
+New user-visible features
+-------------------------
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+The following lists many of the bugs that were fixed since ns-3.7, in
+many cases referencing the Bugzilla bug number
+
+   - bug 861 - Forwarding drops (due to no route found) were not being logged 
+               in IPv4 or IPv6 ascii traces
+
+Known issues
+------------
+
 Release 3.8
 ===========