diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 068ed9f2ff..5bea8e82d5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.11.0-r1 (2015-11-18)
+==========================================
+
+* Retry and fail federation requests more aggressively for requests that block
+  client side requests (PR #384)
+
 Changes in synapse v0.11.0 (2015-11-17)
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a8f0c62158..d0151cbf82 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ In case of problems, please see the _Troubleshooting section below.
 Alternatively, Silvio Fricke has contributed a Dockerfile to automate the
 above in Docker at https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/silviof/docker-matrix/.
 
+Another alternative is to install via apt from http://matrix.org/packages/debian/.
+
 To set up your homeserver, run (in your virtualenv, as before)::
 
     cd ~/.synapse
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index f0eac97bab..5a83f5f3ec 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.11.0"
+__version__ = "0.11.0-r1"