diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84c04e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+ionit 0.2 (2018-11-12)
+
+* Prevent false warning if collect_context returns empty dictionary
+* Run ionit service before ferm service
+* Fix loading different Python modules with the same name
+  (for tests with Python < 3.5)
+* Ignore deprecation warning for backward compatibility code
+
+ionit 0.1 (2018-08-16)
+
+* Initial release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0af9629..c861b46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,3 +129,20 @@ be preserved. So please provide a test case for each bugfix and one or more
 test cases for each new feature. Please follow
 [How to Write a Git Commit Message](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/)
 for writing good commit messages.
+
+Creating releases
+=================
+
+To create a release, increase the version in `setup.py`, document the
+noteworthy changes in `NEWS`, and commit the change. Tag the release:
+
+```
+git tag v$(./setup.py --version)
+```
+
+The xz-compressed release tarball can be generated by running:
+```
+name="ionit-$(./setup.py --version)"
+git archive --prefix="$name/" HEAD | xz -c9 > "../$name.tar.xz"
+gpg --output "../$name.tar.xz.asc" --armor --detach-sign "../$name.tar.xz"
+```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f08401a..4ad7da8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def systemd_unit_path():
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
         name="ionit",
-        version="0.1",
+        version="0.2",
         description="Render configuration files from Jinja templates",
         long_description=(
             "ionit is a simple and small configuration templating tool. It collects a context and "