diff --git a/doc/releases/v0.5.1.txt b/doc/releases/v0.5.1.txt
index 0a7bb294df..e3b581fd58 100644
--- a/doc/releases/v0.5.1.txt
+++ b/doc/releases/v0.5.1.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
-v0.5.1 (Unreleased)
--------------------
+v0.5.1 (November 2014)
+----------------------
+
+This is a bugfix release that includes a workaround for an issue in matplotlib 1.4.2 and fixes for two bugs in functions that were new in 0.5.0.
 
 - Implemented a workaround for a bug in matplotlib 1.4.2 that prevented point markers from being drawn when the seaborn styles had been set. See this `github issue <https://github.com/mwaskom/seaborn/issues/344>`_ for more information.
 
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew.rst b/doc/whatsnew.rst
index 7c3a372893..d06d2cfe87 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ What's new in the package
 
 A catalog of new features, improvements, and bug-fixes in each release.
 
+.. include:: releases/v0.5.1.txt
+
 .. include:: releases/v0.5.0.txt
 
 .. include:: releases/v0.4.0.txt