diff --git a/CHANGES.html b/CHANGES.html
index df16bf44d..1c87ad478 100644
--- a/CHANGES.html
+++ b/CHANGES.html
@@ -50,6 +50,22 @@ the cracks, unfortunately.  If you, as a user, can suggest improvements
 to this file based on your experience, please contribute a patch or drop
 us a note on ns-developers mailing list.</p>
 
+<hr>
+<h1>Changes from ns-3.25 to ns-3.26</h1>
+<h2>New API:</h2>
+<ul>
+</ul>
+<h2>Changes to existing API:</h2>
+<ul>
+</ul>
+<h2>Changes to build system:</h2>
+<ul>
+</ul>
+<h2>Changed behavior:</h2>
+This section is for behavioral changes to the models that were not due to a bug fix.
+<ul>
+</ul>
+
 <hr>
 <h1>Changes from ns-3.24 to ns-3.25</h1>
 <h2>New API:</h2>
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index cfd5c1307..1d904d6f3 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -12,12 +12,32 @@ API and behavior across ns-3 releases.
 Release 3-dev
 =============
 
+Availability
+------------
+This release is not yet available.
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+This release has been tested on the following platforms:
+
+New user-visible features
+-------------------------
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+Known issues
+------------
+In general, known issues are tracked on the project tracker available
+at http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/
+
 Release 3.25
 ============
 
 Availability
 ------------
-This release is not yet available.
+This release is available from:
+https://www.nsnam.org/release/ns-allinone-3.25.tar.bz2
 
 Supported platforms
 -------------------