diff --git a/NEWS.org b/NEWS.org
index aff3252f..36787b97 100644
--- a/NEWS.org
+++ b/NEWS.org
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 #+STARTUP:showall
 * NEWS (user visible changes)
 
-** 1.0 (unreleased)
+** 1.0
    
-   mu 1.0, after 10 years or so! 
+   After a decade of development, *mu 1.0*!
 
    Note: the new release requires a C++14 capable compiler.
 
 *** mu
 
-    - New, custom query parser which Xapian's 'QueryParser' both in mu
-      and mu4e. Existing queries should generally still work, but the
+    - New, custom query parser which replaces Xapian's 'QueryParser'
+      both in mu and mu4e. Existing queries should still work, but the
       new engine handles non-alphanumeric queries much better.
-    - Support regular expression queries (with the new query engine).
-      See the new `mu-query` and updated `mu-easy` manpages for
-      examples.
+    - Support regular expressions in queries (with the new query engine),
+      e.g. "subject:/foo.*bar/".  See the new `mu-query` and updated
+      `mu-easy` manpages for examples.
     - cfind: ensure nicks are unique
-    - auxiliary programs invoked from mu/mu4e survive terminating the shell /
-      emacs
+    - auxiliary programs invoked from mu/mu4e survive terminating the
+      shell / emacs
     
 *** mu4e
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 29862346..d44f6bbd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ## Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([mu],[1.0-alpha3],[https://github.com/djcb/mu/issues],[mu])
+AC_INIT([mu],[1.0],[https://github.com/djcb/mu/issues],[mu])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) 2008-2017 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([mu/mu.cc])