diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 6ef8fc4eaa..975be1a88e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ Changelog
  * Added new translations for Croatian and Finnish
 
 
+0.8.9 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Fix: When copying a page, IDs of child objects within page revision records were not remapped to the new objects; this would cause those objects to be lost from the original page when editing the new one
+
+
 0.8.8 (18.06.2015)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Fix: Formbuilder no longer raises TypeError when submitting unchecked boolean field (Arne Schauf)
diff --git a/docs/releases/0.8.9.rst b/docs/releases/0.8.9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b29991d431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/0.8.9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+============================================
+Wagtail 0.8.8 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT
+============================================
+
+.. contents::
+    :local:
+    :depth: 1
+
+What's changed
+==============
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* When copying a page, IDs of child objects within page revision records were not remapped to the new objects; this would cause those objects to be lost from the original page when editing the new one
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.rst b/docs/releases/index.rst
index f3414a11bf..e0d9e4d567 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Release notes
    1.2
    1.1
    1.0
+   0.8.9
    0.8.8
    0.8.7
    0.8.6