diff --git a/importlib_resources/__init__.py b/importlib_resources/__init__.py
index fa1b9d7d433fb3d..0f9c00f8eb1cbf7 100644
--- a/importlib_resources/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_resources/__init__.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
         read_text)
 
 
-__version__ = read_text('importlib_resources', 'version.txt')
+__version__ = read_text('importlib_resources', 'version.txt').strip()
diff --git a/importlib_resources/docs/changelog.rst b/importlib_resources/docs/changelog.rst
index db6f8dd04077f85..19b15363563b4d2 100644
--- a/importlib_resources/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/importlib_resources/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
  importlib_resources NEWS
 ==========================
 
+1.0 (2018-XX-XX)
+================
+* Strip ``importlib_resources.__version__``.  Closes #56
+
 0.7 (2018-05-15)
 ================
 * Fix ``setup.cfg`` metadata bug.  Closes #55