diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
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--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 ^CONDUCT\.md$
 ^README_cache$
 ^\.lintr$
+^CRAN-RELEASE$
diff --git a/CRAN-RELEASE b/CRAN-RELEASE
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This package was submitted to CRAN on 2020-06-16.
+Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit 2180af3123).
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # WikidataQueryServiceR 1.0.0
 
 ## Test environments
-* local macOS install, R 4.0.0
+* local macOS install (R 4.0.1, R-devel)
 * win-builder (R-release, R-oldrelease)
 
 ## R CMD check results