diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2d8054d6..593b2310c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,13 +43,16 @@ Clean: clean clean-docs
 
 # docs
 
+DOCS=README NEWS
+
 docs: html pdf api-doc-frames
 
 html:
-	rst2html README >doc/index.html
+	for d in $(DOCS); do rst2html $$d >doc/$$d.html; done
+	cd doc; ln -s README.html index.html
 
 pdf:
-	rst2pdf README -o doc/README.pdf
+	for d in $(DOCS); do rst2pdf $$d -o doc/$$d.pdf; done
 
 MAIN=hledger.hs
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..960dc17a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+NEWS
+----
+
+2008/10/15 hledger 0.1 released
+...............................
+
+Contributors:
+
+  * Simon Michael
+