diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 29c38f31..a0c7b9d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 ## go-nsq Change Log
 
-### 1.0.0-alpha
+### 1.0.0 - 2014-08-11
 
-**Upgrading from 0.3.7**: The public API was refactored considerably and is not backwards
+**Upgrading from 0.3.7**: The public API was significantly refactored and is not backwards
 compatible, please read [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md).
 
- * #58 - support IDENTIFY `msg_timeout`
- * #54 - per-connection TLS config and set ServerName
- * #45 - fix producer connect/close race
+ * #58 - support `IDENTIFY` `msg_timeout`
+ * #54 - per-connection TLS config and set `ServerName`
  * #49 - add common connect helpers
- * #43 - more flexible nsqlookupd URL specification
- * #35 - AUTH support
- * #41 - use package private RNG
- * #36 - support 64char topic/channel names
- * #30/#38/#39/#42/#46/#48/#51/#52 - refactor public API (see [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md))
+ * #43/#63 - more flexible `nsqlookupd` URL specification
+ * #35 - `AUTH` support
+ * #41/#62 - use package private RNG
+ * #36 - support 64 character topic/channel names
+ * #30/#38/#39/#42/#45/#46/#48/#51/#52/#65/#70 - refactor public API (see [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md))
 
 ### 0.3.7 - 2014-05-25
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a3b269c..816ee0fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
 ## go-nsq
 
-`go-nsq` is the official Go package for [NSQ][nsq].
+The official Go package for [NSQ][nsq].
 
-NOTE: The public API has been refactored in anticipation of `v1.0.0` and is not backwards compatible with
-previous releases. **[0.3.7][legacy]** is the last stable release compatible with the legacy API.  Please
-read the [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md) guide.
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/bitly/go-nsq.png?branch=master)][travis] [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/bitly/go-nsq?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/bitly/go-nsq)
 
-The latest stable release is **[0.3.7][latest_tag]**
+NOTE: The public API has been refactored as of `v1.0.0` and is not backwards compatible with
+previous releases. **[0.3.7][legacy]** is the last stable release compatible with the legacy API.
+Please read the [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md) guide.
 
-[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/bitly/go-nsq.png?branch=master)][travis]
-
-It provides high-level [Consumer][consumer] and [Producer][producer] types as well as low-level
-functions to communicate over the [NSQ protocol][protocol].
-
-See the [main repo apps][apps] directory for examples of clients built using this package.
-
-### Installing
-
-    $ go get github.com/bitly/go-nsq
+The latest stable release is **[1.0.0][latest_tag]**
 
 ### Docs
 
-See [godoc][nsq_gopkgdoc] for pretty documentation or:
+See [godoc][nsq_gopkgdoc].
 
-    # in the go-nsq package directory
-    $ go doc
+See the [main repo apps][apps] directory for examples of clients built using this package.
 
 [nsq]: https://github.com/bitly/nsq
 [nsq_gopkgdoc]: http://godoc.org/github.com/bitly/go-nsq
@@ -35,4 +25,4 @@ See [godoc][nsq_gopkgdoc] for pretty documentation or:
 [pr30]: https://github.com/bitly/go-nsq/pull/30
 [legacy]: https://github.com/bitly/go-nsq/releases/tag/v0.3.7
 [travis]: http://travis-ci.org/bitly/go-nsq
-[latest_tag]: https://github.com/bitly/go-nsq/releases/tag/v0.3.7
+[latest_tag]: https://github.com/bitly/go-nsq/releases/tag/v1.0.0
diff --git a/UPGRADING.md b/UPGRADING.md
index 6c0e11da..d229aaaa 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -163,8 +163,10 @@ exposing an interface that follows the standard library and still provides a mea
 configure the output.
 
 In the new API, we've provided a method on `Consumer` and `Producer` called `SetLogger` that takes
-a Go standard library `log.Logger` (which can be instantiated via `log.NewLogger`) and a
-traditional log level integer `nsq.LogLevel{Debug,Info,Warning,Error}`.
+an interface compatible with the Go standard library `log.Logger` (which can be instantiated via
+`log.NewLogger`) and a traditional log level integer `nsq.LogLevel{Debug,Info,Warning,Error}`:
+
+    Output(maxdepth int, s string) error
 
 This gives the user the flexibility to control the format, destination, and verbosity while still
 conforming to standard library logging conventions.
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 16aa0089..14957a97 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 package nsq
 
 // VERSION
-const VERSION = "1.0.0-alpha"
+const VERSION = "1.0.0"