diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index fbe23a1e..e5597f3c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format.
 
-## [0.40.0] -- 2023-XX-XX
+## [0.40.0] -- 2023-12-18
 
 **This version introduced backwards-incompatible changes.**
 
diff --git a/docs/hello-world.md b/docs/hello-world.md
index b8162e86..9ba73230 100644
--- a/docs/hello-world.md
+++ b/docs/hello-world.md
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ samples[0]["file"]
 
 That's it! You've got `peppy` running on an example project.
 Now you can play around with project metadata from within python.
+There are lots of other ways to initialize a project, which we will in the next section.