diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
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 SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator)
 
-See CHANGES.current for current version.
+See CHANGES.current for changes in the current version.
+See RELEASENOTES for a summary of changes in each release.
 
 Version 1.3.40 (18 August 2009)
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diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
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@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Version 2.0.0 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+See CHANGES for changes in older releases.
+See RELEASENOTES for a summary of changes in each release.
+
 2010-06-01: wsfulton
             Add in std_shared_ptr.i for wrapping std::shared_ptr. Requires the %shared_ptr
             macro like in the boost_shared_ptr.i library. std::tr1::shared_ptr can also be