diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 2056438cd4c..1231b0753d7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ New Features
29. autoCommit can be specified every so many documents added (klaas, SOLR-65)
30. ${solr.home}/lib directory can now be used for specifying "plugin" jars
(hossman, SOLR-68)
-
+31. Support for "Date Math" relative "NOW" when specifying values of a
+ DateField in a query -- or when adding a document.
+ (hossman, SOLR-71)
+
Changes in runtime behavior
1. classes reorganized into different packages, package names changed to Apache
2. force read of document stored fields in QuerySenderListener
diff --git a/example/exampledocs/solr.xml b/example/exampledocs/solr.xml
index 26e292ac450..fb8ff9f9721 100644
--- a/example/exampledocs/solr.xml
+++ b/example/exampledocs/solr.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
0
10
true
+ 2006-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
diff --git a/example/solr/conf/schema.xml b/example/solr/conf/schema.xml
index 7850130cee7..560179d67b4 100755
--- a/example/solr/conf/schema.xml
+++ b/example/solr/conf/schema.xml
@@ -83,11 +83,25 @@
+ All other components are mandatory.
+
+ Expressions can also be used to denote calculations which should be
+ performed relative "NOW" to determine the value, ie...
+
+ NOW/HOUR
+ ... Round to the start of the current hour
+ NOW-1DAY
+ ... Exactly 1 day prior to now
+ NOW/DAY+6MONTHS+3DAYS
+ ... 6 months and 3 days in the future from the start of
+ the current day
+
+ Consult the DateField javadocs for more information.
+ -->
+ incubationdate_dt:[* TO NOW/DAY-1MONTH]^2.2