diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb2f4dff8412d014577c480d42433b1cb5646583..22a31f5616089aa02f881e08e031f38f210bdf0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CoolAMQP won't touch your messages. It's your bags o'bytes, and your properties.
 
 Enjoy!
 
-_Watch out for memoryviews!_
+_Watch out for memoryviews!_ They're here to stay.
 
 
 ## Notes
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ if you need every CPU cycle you can get.
 ## What's new
 
 * v0.90:
-  * You can pick how your received _message.body_ will look like - bytes, memoryview, or maybe
-    a totally zero-copy list of memoryviews?
+  * first release with a *stable API*
+  * You can pick how your received _message.body_ will look like - bytes, 
+  a zero-copy-for-short-messages memoryview, or maybe a totally zero-copy list of memoryviews?
 
 * v0.89.1:
   * **Critical bugfix**: messages larger than a frame got corrupted
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d39ce2fc3167bd39530f49ea7018f2c458494adf..b6cb34733f577fe89c38eefbaadf6d9c3ed3977b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ author = u'DMS Serwis s.c.'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.89'
+version = '0.90'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'0.89.1-rc'
+release = u'0.90-rc'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.