diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index def29dc8..f8f3952a 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ code.
 
 ispc is an open source compiler under the BSD license; see the file
 LICENSE.txt.  ispc supports Windows, Mac, and Linux, with both x86 and
-x86-64 targets. It currently supports the SSE2 and SSE4 instruction sets,
-though support for AVX should be available soon.
+x86-64 targets.  It currently supports the SSE2, SSE4, and AVX instruction
+sets.
 
 For more information and examples, as well as a wiki and the bug database,
 see the ispc distribution site, http://ispc.github.com.
diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.txt b/docs/ReleaseNotes.txt
index 88283484..767579e5 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+=== v1.0.9 === (26 September 2011)
+
+The binary release of v1.0.9 is the first that supports AVX code
+generation.  Two targets are provided: "avx", which runs with a
+programCount of 8, and "avx-x2" which runs 16 program instances
+simultaneously.  (This binary is also built using the in-progress LLVM 3.0
+development libraries, while previous ones have been built with the
+released 2.9 version of LLVM.)
+
+This release has no other significant changes beyond a number of small
+bugfixes (https://github.com/ispc/ispc/issues/100,
+https://github.com/ispc/ispc/issues/101, https://github.com/ispc/ispc/issues/103.)
+ 
 === v1.0.8 === (19 September 2011)
 
 A number of improvements have been made to handling of 'if' statements in
diff --git a/doxygen.cfg b/doxygen.cfg
index 1409dacf..e920905a 100644
--- a/doxygen.cfg
+++ b/doxygen.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Intel SPMD Program Compiler"
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.0.8
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.0.9
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.