diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 56f1947..0db72b0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "url of the gitea instance",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_BASE_URL,GITEA_RELEASE_BASE_URL",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "note",
+			Value:  "",
+			Usage:  "file or string with notes for the release (example: changelog)",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_NOTE,GITEA_RELEASE_NOTE",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "title",
+			Value:  "",
+			Usage:  "file or string for the title shown in the gitea release",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_TITLE,GITEA_RELEASE_TITLE",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "repo.owner",
 			Usage:  "repository owner",
@@ -109,8 +121,10 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			FileExists: c.String("file-exists"),
 			Checksum:   c.StringSlice("checksum"),
 			Draft:      c.Bool("draft"),
-			Prerelease: c.Bool("prerelease"),
+			PreRelease: c.Bool("prerelease"),
 			BaseURL:    c.String("base-url"),
+			Title:      c.String("title"),
+			Note:       c.String("note"),
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index 695b889..ac0da4f 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -28,8 +30,10 @@ type (
 		FileExists string
 		Checksum   []string
 		Draft      bool
-		Prerelease bool
+		PreRelease bool
 		BaseURL    string
+		Title      string
+		Note       string
 	}
 
 	Plugin struct {
@@ -65,6 +69,19 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 		p.Config.BaseURL = p.Config.BaseURL + "/"
 	}
 
+	var err error
+	if p.Config.Note != "" {
+		if p.Config.Note, err = readStringOrFile(p.Config.Note); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error while reading %s: %v", p.Config.Note, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if p.Config.Title != "" {
+		if p.Config.Title, err = readStringOrFile(p.Config.Title); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error while reading %s: %v", p.Config.Note, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, glob := range p.Config.Files {
 		globed, err := filepath.Glob(glob)
 
@@ -97,8 +114,10 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 		Repo:       p.Repo.Name,
 		Tag:        strings.TrimPrefix(p.Commit.Ref, "refs/tags/"),
 		Draft:      p.Config.Draft,
-		Prerelease: p.Config.Prerelease,
+		Prerelease: p.Config.PreRelease,
 		FileExists: p.Config.FileExists,
+		Title:      p.Config.Title,
+		Note:       p.Config.Note,
 	}
 
 	release, err := rc.buildRelease()
@@ -113,3 +132,18 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func readStringOrFile(input string) (string, error) {
+	// Check if input is a file path
+	if _, err := os.Stat(input); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		// No file found => use input as result
+		return input, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	result, err := ioutil.ReadFile(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(result), nil
+}
diff --git a/release.go b/release.go
index 43c109d..c0f61f0 100644
--- a/release.go
+++ b/release.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ type releaseClient struct {
 	Draft      bool
 	Prerelease bool
 	FileExists string
+	Title      string
+	Note       string
 }
 
 func (rc *releaseClient) buildRelease() (*gitea.Release, error) {
@@ -56,9 +58,11 @@ func (rc *releaseClient) getRelease() (*gitea.Release, error) {
 
 func (rc *releaseClient) newRelease() (*gitea.Release, error) {
 	r := gitea.CreateReleaseOption{
-		TagName:    rc.Tag,
+		TagName:      rc.Tag,
 		IsDraft:      rc.Draft,
 		IsPrerelease: rc.Prerelease,
+		Title:        rc.Title,
+		Note:         rc.Note,
 	}
 
 	release, err := rc.Client.CreateRelease(rc.Owner, rc.Repo, r)