diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3a2bc32..52ccea3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 Object Storage API
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
-This repository contains the RESTful API information for the OpenStack
+This repository is now frozen-in-time and will not accept new patches.
+To update Object Storage API information, please submit patches to
+http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift and http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/api-site.
+
+It was the original holder for API information for the OpenStack
 Object Storage Service, also known as Swift. The Swift project
 provides services for object storage and retrieval as well as
 assigning metadata.
diff --git a/v1/bk_os-objectstorage-devguide.xml b/v1/bk_os-objectstorage-devguide.xml
index df1c25a..9c4c2e3 100644
--- a/v1/bk_os-objectstorage-devguide.xml
+++ b/v1/bk_os-objectstorage-devguide.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         applications by using the OpenStack™ Object Storage
         Application Programming Interface (API) v1.</para>
     </abstract>
-    <revhistory>
+    <!--<revhistory>
       <revision>
         <date>2014-04-16</date>
         <revdescription>
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@
           </itemizedlist>
         </revdescription>
       </revision>
-    </revhistory>
+    </revhistory>-->
   </info>
   <!-- Chapters are referred from the book file through these include statements. You can add additional chapters using these types of statements. -->
-  <xi:include href="preface.xml"/>
+  <!--<xi:include href="preface.xml"/>-->
   <xi:include href="ch_object-api-concepts-and-features.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="ch_object-api-operations.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="ch_object-api-examples.xml"/>