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@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ For the impatient, here's how to get a boilerplate Jekyll site up and running.
 
 That's nothing, though. The real magic happens when you start creating blog
 posts, using the front-matter to control templates and layouts, and taking
-advantage of all the awesome configuration options Jekyll makes available.
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+advantage of all the awesome configuration options Jekyll makes available.
+
+<div class="note info">
+  <h5>Redcarpet is the default Markdown engine for new sites</h5>
+  <p>In Jekyll 1.1, we switched the default markdown engine for sites
+     generated with <code>jekyll new</code> to Redcarpet</p>
+</div>