diff --git a/source/release-notes/2.8.txt b/source/release-notes/2.8.txt
index 671d8f079b6..d740ff418f6 100644
--- a/source/release-notes/2.8.txt
+++ b/source/release-notes/2.8.txt
@@ -16,23 +16,68 @@ features, interfaces, or behavior of MongoDB 2.8.
 Major Changes
 -------------
 
-.. Major Change
+.. Document-Level Locking
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. Major Change
+.. Pluggable Storage Engine API
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Improvements
+.. Big Replica Sets
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Security Improvements
+------------
+
+.. New Authentication via SCRAM-SHA1
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+   
+.. Localbost exception rule tightened 
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Query Engine Improvements
+------------
+
+.. Explain() 2.0
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+   
+.. Covered queries now work in sharded clusters
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+General Improvements
 ------------
 
-.. Other Change Group
+.. Initial Sync Parallelized
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
-.. Other Change
-   ````````````
+.. Ability to Query for "BigPolygons"
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. Logging enhancements and new log format
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. Windows Performance Improvements
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. SecondaryThrottle parameter enhancements for chunk migrations
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. Parallel index builds with createIndexes cmd
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Operational Changes
+------------
+
+.. Mongo*tools are now written in GO
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+   
+MongoDB Enterprise Features
+------------
+
+.. Auditing filter by role and CRUD
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. Other Change
-   ````````````
 
 Additional Information
 ----------------------
@@ -40,6 +85,9 @@ Additional Information
 Changes Affecting Compatibility
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Platform Support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	
+
 Upgrade Process
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~