diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 6a238ed..0ab7a6e 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ travisbuildchildren.sh
 ^\.github$
 ^pkgdown$
 ^cran-comments\.md$
+^CRAN-RELEASE$
diff --git a/CRAN-RELEASE b/CRAN-RELEASE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9885173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRAN-RELEASE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This package was submitted to CRAN on 2020-10-19.
+Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit 5cf2b78).