diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4864b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+GIT v1.5.6.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.6
+------------------
+
+* Last minute change broke loose object creation on AIX.
+
+* (performance fix) We used to make $GIT_DIR absolute path early in the
+  programs but keeping it relative to the current directory internally
+  gives 1-3 per-cent performance boost.
+
+* bash completion knows the new --graph option to git-log family.
+
+
+* git-diff -c/--cc showed unnecessary "deletion" lines at the context
+  boundary.
+
+* git-for-each-ref ignored %(object) and %(type) requests for tag
+  objects.
+
+* git-merge usage had a typo.
+
+* Rebuilding of git-svn metainfo database did not take rewriteRoot
+  option into account.
+
+* Running "git-rebase --continue/--skip/--abort" before starting a
+  rebase gave nonsense error messages.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 7414238..85468a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.5.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6]
+* link:v1.5.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6.1]
 
 * release notes for
-  link:RelNotes-1.5.6.txt[1.5.6],
+  link:RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt[1.5.6.1].
+  link:RelNotes-1.5.6.txt[1.5.6].
 
-* link:v1.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5]
+* link:v1.5.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5.4]
 
 * release notes for
   link:RelNotes-1.5.5.4.txt[1.5.5.4],
@@ -57,8 +58,6 @@
   link:RelNotes-1.5.5.1.txt[1.5.5.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.5.txt[1.5.5].
 
-* link:v1.5.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5.4]
-
 * link:v1.5.4.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.4.5]
 
 * release notes for
@@ -82,6 +81,8 @@
   link:RelNotes-1.5.3.1.txt[1.5.3.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.3.txt[1.5.3].
 
+* link:v1.5.2.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.2.5]
+
 * release notes for
   link:RelNotes-1.5.2.5.txt[1.5.2.5],
   link:RelNotes-1.5.2.4.txt[1.5.2.4],
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index e29d650..ebc4b20 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt
\ No newline at end of file