diff --git a/Release_Notes_4.0-alpha2.md b/Release_Notes_4.0-alpha2.md
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@@ -15,6 +15,25 @@ Apprmor 4.0 is a bridge release between older AppArmor 3.x policy and the newer
 * AppArmor 4.0 contains all bug fixes and policy updates from apparmor 3.1
 * Some new features will not be fully supported in some utilities. In these cases it was decided that releasing a new feature earlier had more benefit than delaying it for full utility support. Please see the feature support matrix.
 
+# Obtaining the Release
+
+There are two ways to obtain this release either through gitlab or a tarball in launchpad. 
+
+**Important note:** the gitlab release tarballs differ from the launchpad release tarballs. The launchpad release tarball has a couple processing steps already performed:
+
+* libapparmor `autogen.sh` is already done, meaning distros only need to use ./configure in their build setup
+* the docs for everything but libapparmor have already been built
+
+### gitlab
+- https://gitlab.com/apparmor/apparmor/-/releases/v4.0.0-alpha2
+
+### Launchpad
+  -   <https://launchpad.net/apparmor/3.1/3.1.5/+download/apparmor-3.1.5.tar.gz> ?????
+  -   sha256sum: 594fcace8fbfb656b2e991b33feb1270ea0fdc09ec3ae517290afd409a57b368
+  -   signature: <https://launchpad.net/apparmor/3.1/3.1.5/+download/apparmor-3.1.5.tar.gz.asc> ????
+  -   signature sha256sum: b10d6d97040dd999e38e90dbeca3f4849b6169d7b1a83033b290e05d92474512
+
+
 # Highlighted new features in alpha 2
 
 ## New Mediation Rules