diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bd53a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Release 1.0 (2015-04-26)
+========================
+
+- Initial release.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 11ee455..d0bcc63 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl XCB_UTIL_M4_WITH_INCLUDE_PATH requires Autoconf >= 2.62
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
-AC_INIT([xcb-util-errors],0.0,[xcb@lists.freedesktop.org])
+AC_INIT([xcb-util-errors],1.0,[xcb@lists.freedesktop.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])