diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 736f0ccf..f8f2696a 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2.5.0-RC2
+---------
+
+Many fixes since the RC1 release. This one is as close to production quality as
+they come, so this will be the last release before 2.5.0. The SGML documentation
+files have also been removed from the tarball. If you want them, get them from
+the CVS repository.
+
 2.5.0-RC1
 ---------