diff --git a/en-US/Book_Info.xml b/en-US/Book_Info.xml
index 163cbb2..e49ea58 100644
--- a/en-US/Book_Info.xml
+++ b/en-US/Book_Info.xml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 	<!-- Change title to "The Red Hat Style Guide" -->
 	 <productname>Red&nbsp;Hat Technical Writing Style&nbsp;Guide</productname>
 	 <productnumber></productnumber>
-	 <edition>6.0</edition>
+	 <edition>6.1</edition>
 	 <pubsnumber>1</pubsnumber>
 	 <abstract>
 		<para>
-			The Red&nbsp;Hat Style Guide and Word Usage Dictionary is a joint effort by various groups within Red&nbsp;Hat. It is intended as a supplement to the titles listed in <xref linkend="resources" />
+			The Red&nbsp;Hat Technical Writing Style Guide and Word Usage Dictionary is a joint effort by various groups within Red&nbsp;Hat. It is intended as a supplement to the titles listed in <xref linkend="resources" />
 		</para>
 
 	</abstract>
diff --git a/en-US/Design.xml b/en-US/Design.xml
index f9acd84..6414394 100644
--- a/en-US/Design.xml
+++ b/en-US/Design.xml
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 				</para>
 
 			</warning>
-			 <section>
+			 <section id="continuation">
 				<title>Documenting Multiple or Long Commands</title>
           <note>
             <para>
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ $ vi myFile.txt
 
 	</section>
 
-			 <section>
+			 <section id="omitting">
 				<title>Omitting Part of Output</title>
           <para>
             For the sake of brevity, do not show all output to the user in all cases, but only those parts of any output that are relevant to the context that is described. 
diff --git a/en-US/New.xml b/en-US/New.xml
index 61c8f8d..4f665e9 100644
--- a/en-US/New.xml
+++ b/en-US/New.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,81 @@
 ]>
 <section id="new">
         <title>New in This Release</title>
+		<formalpara id="new_61">
+		<title>Release 6.1</title>
+                        <para>Update in August 2023 to provide added or updated guidance and to address reported issues.
+						The listed items here now include links to the appropriate sections.</para>
+                </formalpara>   
+                        <itemizedlist>
+				<listitem>
+										<para>Updated audience information for this guide.
+										See <xref linkend="audience"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+										<para>Updated guidance about writing titles.
+										See <xref linkend="verbs-titles"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+										<para>Updated guidance on continuation prompts.
+										See <xref linkend="continuation"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Updated using realistic usernames.
+										See <xref linkend="using-realistic-names"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Added guidance on omitting part of an output.
+										See <xref linkend="omitting"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Added guidance about possessives with product names and abbreviations.
+										See <xref linkend="possessives"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Various additions to the Punctuation section.
+										See <xref linkend="punctuation"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Restructured "Using Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Special Characters Correctly".
+										See <xref linkend="abbreviations-correctly"/>.</para>	
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Rewrote "The Repeatability Test" section and renamed it to "Repetition".
+										See <xref linkend="repeatability-test"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Changed "Homographic Verbs" subsection title to "Avoid May and Should".
+										See <xref linkend="homographs"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Inclusive naming of default branch.
+										See <xref linkend="inclusive-language"/>.</para>		
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Updated IBM Style access information.
+										See <xref linkend="tech-content-refs"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Adjusted sentence length guideline.
+										See <xref linkend="length"/>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Removed some references that were specific to DocBook.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Use "team" or "group" instead of "squad".
+										See <xref linkend="squad"/>.</para>			
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>New or updated usage entries: application velocity, key ring, Metal-as-a-Service, OTP, smart card, systemwide, virtualized.
+										See <xref linkend="part-Usage_Dictionary"/>.</para>			
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+                                        <para>Various other fixes.</para>				
+				</listitem>
+
+			</itemizedlist>        
+
 		<formalpara id="new_60">
 		<title>Release 6.0</title>
                         <para>Major update in December 2022 to add further style and grammar guidance:</para>
@@ -109,7 +184,6 @@
 
 			</itemizedlist>        
 
-
 		<formalpara id="new_51">
 		<title>Release 5.1</title>
                         <para>Minor update in January 2022 to address some reported issues:</para>
diff --git a/en-US/Style_Conventions_for_Writers_and_Editors.ent b/en-US/Style_Conventions_for_Writers_and_Editors.ent
index a9587a6..c062671 100644
--- a/en-US/Style_Conventions_for_Writers_and_Editors.ent
+++ b/en-US/Style_Conventions_for_Writers_and_Editors.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!ENTITY PRODUCT "Red Hat Style Guide">
 <!ENTITY BOOKID "Writing_Style_Guide">
-<!ENTITY YEAR "2022">
+<!ENTITY YEAR "2023">
 <!ENTITY HOLDER "Red Hat, Inc">
-<!-- Change entity year to 2022 -->
\ No newline at end of file
+<!-- Change entity year to 2023 -->
\ No newline at end of file