diff --git a/docs/release_instructions.md b/docs/release_instructions.md
index 1e91704..3e71dd8 100644
--- a/docs/release_instructions.md
+++ b/docs/release_instructions.md
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@
 
 ### Publishing to npm
 
-The openwhisk-client-js and openwhisk-composer project release npm
-packages built from each source release.  The Release Manager should
-build and publish these packages manually using the openwhisk-bot
-credentials found in the npmjs.txt file in the accounts subdir of the
-PMC private svn.
+The openwhisk-client-js, openwhisk-composer, and openwhisk-wskdebug
+project release npm packages built from each source release.  The
+Release Manager should build and publish these packages manually using
+the openwhisk-bot credentials found in the npmjs.txt file in the
+accounts subdir of the PMC private svn.
 
 Some tips:
 * Login as the openwhisk-bot using `npm login`.
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@
 If you are releasing a new version of the openwhisk-client-js package,
 then after the new version of the `openwhisk` package is published on
 npm, submit PRs to update the version number for the openwhisk package
-in the package.json files found in the openwhisk, openwhisk-composer
-and openwhisk-runtime-nodejs git repos.  The command
+in the package.json files found in the openwhisk, openwhisk-composer,
+openwhisk-wskdebug, and openwhisk-runtime-nodejs git repos.  The command
 `find . -name package.json -exec grep -l \"openwhisk\": {} \;`
 can help you find all the places to change.
 
diff --git a/release-configs/wskdebug-1.2.0.json b/release-configs/wskdebug-1.2.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5641a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-configs/wskdebug-1.2.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "versioning": {
+    "version": "1.2.0",
+    "pre_release_version": "rc1"
+  },
+  "RepoList": [
+    "openwhisk-wskdebug"
+  ],
+  "openwhisk_wskdebug": {
+    "name": "OpenWhisk wskdebug",
+    "hash": "e8ab400e9ed793f9a22f01eb43cce5bc7d3c045f",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-wskdebug.git",
+    "branch": "master"
+  }
+}