diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9daf073..63598d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD024 -->
 
-## [Unreleased] (date goes here)
+## [6.1.3] (2019-11-23)
+
+### Added
+
+- added How It Works to README
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -235,6 +239,7 @@ Only minor functional changes, but technically could break scripts relying on sp
 <!-- reference links for releases -->
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/master...develop
+[6.1.3]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v6.0.2...v6.1.3
 [6.1.2]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v6.0.1...v6.1.2
 [6.1.1]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.1
 [6.1.0]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v6.0.1...v6.1.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4298e6e..71fbbf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Node.js version management: no subshells, no profile setup, no convoluted API, j
     - [Custom Source](#custom-source)
     - [Custom Architecture](#custom-architecture)
     - [Optional Environment Variables](#optional-environment-variables)
+    - [How It Works](#how-it-works)
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -203,3 +204,12 @@ In brief:
 - `N_NODE_DOWNLOAD_MIRROR`: See [Custom source](#custom-source)
 - support for [NO_COLOR](http://no-color.org) and [CLICOLOR=0](https://bixense.com/clicolors) for controlling use of ANSI color codes
 - `N_MAX_REMOTE_MATCHES` to change the default `ls-remote` maximum of 20 matching versions
+
+## How It Works
+
+`n` downloads a prebuilt `node` package and installs to a single prefix (e.g. `/usr/local`). This overwrites the previous version. The `bin` folder in this location should be in your `PATH` (e.g. `/usr/local/bin`).
+
+The downloads are kept in a cache folder to be used for reinstalls. The downloads are also available for limited use using `n which` and `n run` and `n exec`.
+
+The global `npm` packages are not changed by the install, with the
+exception of `npm` itself which is part of the `node` install.
diff --git a/bin/n b/bin/n
index 616a429..fa2fdbe 100755
--- a/bin/n
+++ b/bin/n
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function echo_red() {
 # Setup and state
 #
 
-VERSION="6.1.3-0"
+VERSION="6.1.3"
 
 N_PREFIX="${N_PREFIX-/usr/local}"
 N_PREFIX=${N_PREFIX%/}