diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release notes
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    releases/next
+   releases/v4.0.2
    releases/v4.0.1
    releases/v4.0.0
    releases/v3.2.2
diff --git a/docs/releases/v4.0.2.rst b/docs/releases/v4.0.2.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+What's new in Tornado 4.0.2
+===========================
+
+Sept 10, 2014
+-------------
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause a timeout to fire after being
+  cancelled.
+* `.AsyncTestCase` once again passes along arguments to test methods,
+  making it compatible with extensions such as Nose's test generators.
+* `.StaticFileHandler` can again compress its responses when gzip is enabled.
+* ``simple_httpclient`` passes its ``max_buffer_size`` argument to the
+  underlying stream.
+* Fixed a reference cycle that can lead to increased memory consumption.
+* `.add_accept_handler` will now limit the number of times it will call
+  `~socket.socket.accept` per `.IOLoop` iteration, addressing a potential
+  starvation issue.
+* Improved error handling in `.IOStream.connect` (primarily for FreeBSD
+  systems)