diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Backward-Incompatible Changes Between 1.0.0 and 2.0.0
+=====================================================
+
+The following behavior changes between the 1.0.0 and 2.0.0 releases
+break backward compatibility:
+
+ * Running under Python 2.6 is no longer officially supported
+ * If any platform profiles are listed for a package, at least one
+   of them must match independently of whether any user profiles
+   also match
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Contents:
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    readme
+   news
    installation
    usage
    contributing
diff --git a/doc/source/news.rst b/doc/source/news.rst
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+.. include:: ../../NEWS.rst