diff --git a/src/assembly/distribution.xml b/src/assembly/distribution.xml
index 56aa8a239..e217ce3ff 100644
--- a/src/assembly/distribution.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/distribution.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
src/main/resources
readme.txt
- apache-license.txt
+ license.txt
notice.txt
changelog.txt
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
index fedcbaed8..280f66203 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-Spring Data Commons 1.0.0 Milestone 1 (?, 2010)
+Spring Data Commons Changelog
=============================================
-New Features
- * Lot's of good stuff
\ No newline at end of file
+Changes in version 1.0.0.M1 (2010-12-23)
+----------------------------------------
+
+General
+* Indexed annotation to indicate that a field should be indexed
+* Classes for change set support including ChangeSetBackedTransactionSynchronization
+
+Aspects
+* Abstract superaspect for aspects that advice field access with a mixin for all types annotated with a given annotation.
+* Abstract superaspect to advise field read and write and introduce a mixin interface.
+
+Repository
+* Base classes for the repository support
+* Pagination support
+