diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3576d0c30e..62e81e73f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zarr-developers/community/main/logos/logo2.png"><br>
 </div>
 
-# Zarr
+# Zarr 
 
 <table>
 <tr>
diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index 5ff8f74f29..741c880e21 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Unreleased
 Maintenance
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* Dummy release notes
+
 * Simplify if/else statement.
   By :user:`Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos <DimitriPapadopoulos>` :issue:`1227`.