diff --git a/engine/release-notes.md b/engine/release-notes.md
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--- a/engine/release-notes.md
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@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ Docker EE is a superset of all the features in Docker CE. It incorporates defect
 that you can use in environments where new features cannot be adopted as quickly for 
 consistency and compatibility reasons.
 
+> ***NOTE:*** 
+> New in 18.09 is an aligned release model for Docker Engine - Community and Docker 
+> Engine - Enterprise. The new versioning scheme is YY.MM.x where x is an incrementing 
+> patch version. The enterprise engine is a super-set of the community engine. They 
+> will ship concurrently with the same x patch version based on the same code base. 
+
 ## 18.09 
 2018-11-08