diff --git a/docs/pages/streamfield.rst b/docs/pages/streamfield.rst
index 94e44a2843..2b8a03bdfb 100644
--- a/docs/pages/streamfield.rst
+++ b/docs/pages/streamfield.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _streamfield:
+
 Freeform page content using StreamField
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/0.9.rst b/docs/releases/0.9.rst
index 31ad530d38..3ae6b6503c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/0.9.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/0.9.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Wagtail 0.9 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT
 What's changed
 ==============
 
+StreamField - a field type for freeform content
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+StreamField provides an editing model for freeform content such as blog posts and news stories, allowing diverse content types such as text, images, headings, video and more specialised types such as maps and charts to be mixed in any order. See :ref:`streamfield`.
+
+
 Minor changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~