diff --git a/doc/download.mdwn b/doc/download.mdwn
index c0d2d261d3..ddb2ee82a2 100644
--- a/doc/download.mdwn
+++ b/doc/download.mdwn
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ Other mirrors of the git repository:
 To download a tarball of a particular release, use an url like
 <http://git.kitenet.net/?p=git-annex.git;a=snapshot;sf=tgz;h=refs/tags/0.20110522>
 
+From time to time, releases of git-annex are uploaded
+[to hackage](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/git-annex).
+
 Some operating systems include git-annex in easily prepackaged form and
 others need some manual work. See [[install]] for details.