diff --git a/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst b/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4cc01e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+0-sample-topic
+--------------
+
+* This is a sample release note for the change in a topic.
+  Developers should add similar notes for each topic branch
+  making a noteworthy change.  Each document should be named
+  and titled to match the topic name to avoid merge conflicts.
diff --git a/Help/release/index.rst b/Help/release/index.rst
index 616a5824b..abc19b8e8 100644
--- a/Help/release/index.rst
+++ b/Help/release/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ CMake Release Notes
   This file should include the adjacent "dev.txt" file
   in development versions but not in release versions.
 
+.. include:: dev.txt
+
 Releases
 ========
 
diff --git a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
index 716f22971..b30e3ef55 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
+++ b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CMake version number components.
 set(CMake_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
 set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 1)
-set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 0)
-set(CMake_VERSION_RC 1)
+set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 20141014)
+#set(CMake_VERSION_RC 1)