diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/subsample-hamming-76674dbaf6f411c2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/subsample-hamming-76674dbaf6f411c2.yaml
index 253e6c1..d192e81 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/subsample-hamming-76674dbaf6f411c2.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/subsample-hamming-76674dbaf6f411c2.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ---
+prelude: >
+    This is a patch release which introduces a couple of small, but important, breaking changes to to the API. These changes allow for a more consistent pattern in specifying the number of alpha and beta electrons throughout both the chemistry and non-chemistry functions in the API.
+
 upgrade:
   - |
+    
     The :func:`qiskit_addon_sqd.subsampling.postselect_and_subsample` and :func:`qiskit_addon_sqd.configuration_recovery.post_select_by_hamming_weight` now take the ``hamming_right`` positional argument before the ``hamming_left`` argument to better match the rest of the workflow.
 
     To upgrade
@@ -10,8 +14,8 @@ upgrade:
         from qiskit_addon_sqd.configuration_recovery import post_select_by_hamming_weight
         from qiskit_addon_sqd.subsampling import postselect_and_subsample
 
-        bs_mat = post_select_by_hamming_weight(bs_mat_full, num_elec_b, num_elec_a)
-    
+        bs_mat = post_select_by_hamming_weight(bs_mat_full, num_elec_b, num_elec_a)    
+
         ...
         
         batches = postselect_and_subsample(