diff --git a/content/en/news/_index.md b/content/en/news/_index.md
index bb2531dd6..a1959bd1d 100644
--- a/content/en/news/_index.md
+++ b/content/en/news/_index.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: News
+outputs:
+  - html
+  - rss
 aliases: [/release-notes/]
 ---
diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
index 209231663..63cc32798 100644
--- a/hugo.toml
+++ b/hugo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ID = 'G-MBZGKNMDWC'
 
 [outputs]
   home    = ["HTML", "RSS", "REDIR", "HEADERS"]
-  section = ["HTML", "RSS"]
+  section = ["HTML"]
 
 [mediaTypes]
   [mediaTypes."text/netlify"]
diff --git a/layouts/index.rss.xml b/layouts/index.rss.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40bca59eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/index.rss.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title>Hugo News</title>
+    <description>Recent news about Hugo, a static site generator written in Go, optimized for speed and designed for flexibility.</description>
+    <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+    <generator>Hugo {{ hugo.Version }}</generator>
+    <language>{{ or site.Language.LanguageCode site.Language.Lang }}</language>
+    {{- with site.Copyright }}
+      <copyright>{{ . }}</copyright>
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" }}
+      {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
+    {{- end }}
+
+    {{- $news_items := slice }}
+
+    {{- /* Get releases from GitHub. */}}
+    {{- $u := "https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases" }}
+    {{- $releases := partial "utilities/get-remote-data.html" $u }}
+    {{- $releases = where $releases "draft" false }}
+    {{- $releases = where $releases "prerelease" false }}
+    {{- range $releases | first 20 }}
+      {{- $summary := printf
+        "Hugo %s was released on %s. See [release notes](%s) for details."
+        .tag_name
+        (.published_at | time.AsTime | time.Format "2 Jan 2006")
+        .html_url
+      }}
+      {{- $ctx := dict
+        "PublishDate" (.published_at | time.AsTime)
+        "Title" (printf "Release %s" .name)
+        "Permalink" .html_url
+        "Section" "news"
+        "Summary" ($summary | $.Page.RenderString)
+      }}
+      {{- $news_items = $news_items | append $ctx }}
+    {{- end }}
+
+    {{- /* Get content pages from news section. */}}
+    {{- range .Pages }}
+      {{- $ctx := dict
+        "PublishDate" .PublishDate
+        "Title" .Title
+        "RelPermalink" .RelPermalink
+        "Section" "news"
+        "Summary" .Summary
+        "Params" (dict "description" .Description)
+      }}
+      {{- $news_items = $news_items | append $ctx }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- /* Sort, limit, and render lastBuildDate. */}}
+    {{- $limit := cond (gt site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit 1) site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit 999 }}
+    {{- $news_items = sort $news_items "PublishDate" "desc" | first $limit }}
+    <lastBuildDate>{{ (index $news_items 0).PublishDate.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>
+
+    {{- /* Render items. */}}
+    {{- range $news_items }}
+      <item>
+        <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
+        <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+        <pubDate>{{ .PublishDate.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
+        <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
+        <description>{{ .Summary | transform.XMLEscape | safeHTML }}</description>
+      </item>
+    {{- end }}
+  </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/layouts/news/list.xml b/layouts/news/list.xml
index 508323728..40bca59eb 100644
--- a/layouts/news/list.xml
+++ b/layouts/news/list.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-
-
 {{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
-    {{- $title := printf "%s on %s" .Title site.Title }}
-    {{- $description := printf "Recent content in %s on %s" .Title site.Title }}
-    {{- if .IsHome }}
-      {{- $title = site.Title }}
-      {{- $description := printf "Recent content on %s" site.Title }}
-    {{- end }}
-    <title>{{ $title }}</title>
-    <description>{{ $description }}</description>
+    <title>Hugo News</title>
+    <description>Recent news about Hugo, a static site generator written in Go, optimized for speed and designed for flexibility.</description>
     <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
     <generator>Hugo {{ hugo.Version }}</generator>
     <language>{{ or site.Language.LanguageCode site.Language.Lang }}</language>