diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.txt b/core/CHANGELOG.txt
index c931ae3..6464ed4 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Added Classy as a base theme to maintain CSS classes and wrappers.
     * Added Stable as the default base theme to maintain backwards compatibility
       for core template and CSS changes, because templates and CSS outside
-      Stable can be improved in major releases (8.1.0, 8.2.0 …).
+      Stable can be improved in minor releases (8.1.0, 8.2.0 …).
     * Redesigned several key elements of the Seven theme.
+    * Added support for HTML5 elements.
     * Included the HTML5 Shiv library to support HTML5 elements in IE 8 and
       below.
     * Included Backbone.js and Underscore.js JavaScript frameworks.
@@ -21,9 +22,10 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Removed the Garland theme from core.
     * Removed the Overlay module from core.
     * Improved the asset library system to manage CSS and JavaScript files and
-      their dependencies.
+      their dependencies. Allowing for smaller AJAX request payloads.
     * jQuery is no longer loaded on all pages, only when another asset needs it.
-    * No JavaScript is loaded at all for anonymous users, for faster page loads.
+    * No JavaScript is loaded at all for anonymous users by default, for faster
+      page loads.
     * Implemented SMACSS-style categorization for CSS files.
     * Removed most support for Internet Explorer 8 and below.
     * Added Modernizr for making styling changes based on browser support.
@@ -31,18 +33,25 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 - Added tour module. Provides highly contextual tips for UI elements.
 - Improved entity system.
     * Added support for saving and deleting entities through the controller.
+    * Base entity fields (such as labels) support widgets, formatters and
+    * translation.
+    * Form modes introduced, similar to display modes.
     * Entities are now classed objects, implementing EntityInterface.
     * Drupal now understands the concept of a "default" revision, tracked
       independently from the latest revision, allowing for the creation of
       drafts while the current revision stays published.
     * All entity types, not just nodes, now have support for revisions.
-- Replaced the core routing system with one built on the Symfony2 framework.
+- Refactored routing system based Symfony2 components.
+- Added plugin system to standardize implementation of several core APIs.
 - Configuration:
     * Added a centralized file-based configuration system.
     * Allows module authors to provide configuration in a standard format.
     * Implements functionality to get, set, add and remove configuration.
     * Includes ability to override configuration values with language variants
       and other runtime values.
+    * Supports configuration schema, dependencies and validation to maintain
+      data-integrity between deployments and updates.
+
 - Improved authoring experience:
     * Added the CKEditor WYSIWYG editor. Clean markup guaranteed thanks to tight
       integration with the filter system.
@@ -68,7 +77,9 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Validator - Allows to ensure that an object is in a valid state based upon
       some validation rules defined for it.
     * Yaml - Parser for YAML files.
-- Support added for making HTTP requests through a proxy server.
+- Added routing component from Symfony CMF.
+- Added Guzzle HTTP library.
+- Added Zend Feed component.
 - Removed modules from core.
     * The following modules have been removed from core, because contributed
       modules with similar functionality are available:
@@ -82,8 +93,6 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 - Removed the Statistics module's accesslog functionality and reports from core.
 - Removed XML-RPC functionality from core.
 - Removed user signatures support from core.
-- Removed backwards-compatibility with 'magic_quotes_gpc'/'magic_quotes_runtime'
-  PHP configuration settings. Both are required to be disabled.
 - Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID):
     * Support for generating and validating UUIDs.
 - Tremendously improved language support all around.
@@ -172,6 +181,22 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
     * Added a serialization module using the Symfony serialization component.
     * Added a Hypertext Application Language (HAL) serialization module.
     * Added a HTTP Basic authentication provider module.
+- Significant performance/scalability improvements:
+ * Cache tags, which allow content to be invalidated accurately and instantly,
+   including reverse proxies and CDNs.
+ * Cache contexts, which allow content to be cached correctly, and placeholdered
+   to improve cache hit rates.
+ * Cacheability bubbling, which allows strict tracking of assets and
+   cacheability throughout page rendering.
+ * Page caching has been factored out to its own module and is enabled by
+   default.
+ * Authenticated page caching has been added to core via the Dynamic Page Cache
+   module and is enabled by default.
+ * APCu, memory, and PHP file caching backends added to core, alongside support
+   for a chained, consistent cache backend to support correctly using fast
+   local cache implementations with multiple web servers.
+
+
 - When using MySQL, the MyISAM engine is no longer supported.
 - Testing improvements
     * Added PHPUnit for proper unit testing, see
@@ -181,6 +206,7 @@ Drupal 8.0.x, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
       testing (Javascript support to be included in the future)
     * Added KernelTestBase to provide a fast API testing of integration of
       different components
+    * Core branch nightly tests include PHP 5.5, 5.6, 7, sqlite and PostgreSQL.
 
 Drupal 7.0, 2011-01-05
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