diff --git a/docs/about/release-notes.md b/docs/about/release-notes.md
index 790f696f..8f876d42 100644
--- a/docs/about/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The current and past members of the MkDocs team.
 * [@d0ugal](https://github.com/d0ugal/)
 * [@waylan](https://github.com/waylan/)
 
-## Version 0.17.0 (20??-??-??)
+## Version 0.17.0 (2017-10-19)
 
 ### Major Additions to Version 0.17.0
 
diff --git a/mkdocs/__init__.py b/mkdocs/__init__.py
index 32f1aa01..bc97870c 100644
--- a/mkdocs/__init__.py
+++ b/mkdocs/__init__.py
@@ -3,11 +3,5 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
-    sys.stderr.write(("WARNING: Support for Python 2.6 will be dropped in the "
-                      "1.0.0 release of MkDocs\n\n"))
-
 # For acceptable version formats, see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
-__version__ = '1.0.dev'
+__version__ = '0.17.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 54d7c9c1..f50951e6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
         'Topic :: Documentation',
         'Topic :: Text Processing',
     ],