diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c1462f29b0f..e838d3fb17a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Apache CouchDB CHANGES
 ======================
 
+Version 1.3.0
+-------------
+
+This version has not been released yet.
+
+Source Repository:
+
+ * The source repository was migrated from SVN to Git.
+
 Version 1.2.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4a86e8b5c9b..00fbebcfb77 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ For details about backwards incompatible changes, see:
 
 Each release section notes when backwards incompatible changes have been made.
 
+Version 1.3.0
+-------------
+
+This version has not been released yet.
+
+ * The source code repository was migrated from SVN to Git.
+
 Version 1.2.0
 -------------