diff --git a/github.go b/github.go
index 9040d43..f6b702e 100644
--- a/github.go
+++ b/github.go
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ func (p *githubChangeProcessor) prChange(c *change, info pullRequestInfo, pr int
 			c.IsDeprecation = true
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(l.Name, "area/") {
 			if l.Description != "" {
-				c.Category = l.Description
-			} else {
-				c.Category = l.Name[5:]
+				if c.Categories == nil {
+					c.Categories = map[string]struct{}{}
+				}
+				c.Categories[l.Description] = struct{}{}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -118,6 +119,13 @@ func (p *githubChangeProcessor) prChange(c *change, info pullRequestInfo, pr int
 		c.Link = fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/%s/pull/%d", p.repo, pr)
 	}
 	c.Formatted = fmt.Sprintf("%s ([%s#%d](%s))", c.Title, p.linkName, pr, c.Link)
+	releaseNote := getReleaseNote(info.Body)
+	if releaseNote != "" {
+		c.Highlight = fmt.Sprintf("%s ([%s#%d](%s))", releaseNote, p.linkName, pr, c.Link)
+	} else {
+		c.Highlight = c.Formatted
+	}
+
 }
 
 type pullRequestLabel struct {
@@ -128,6 +136,7 @@ type pullRequestLabel struct {
 type pullRequestInfo struct {
 	Title  string             `json:"title"`
 	Labels []pullRequestLabel `json:"labels"`
+	Body   string             `json:"body"`
 }
 
 // getPRInfo returns the Pull Request info from the github API
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ca80831..0e52931 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ type change struct {
 	Commit      string `toml:"commit"`
 	Description string `toml:"description"`
 
-	Title    string
-	Category string
-	Link     string
+	Title      string
+	Categories map[string]struct{}
+	Link       string
 
 	IsMerge       bool
 	IsHighlight   bool
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ type change struct {
 	IsDeprecation bool
 	IsSecurity    bool
 
+	// Formatted is formatted string for changelog or highlights if
+	// no release note is provided
 	Formatted string
+
+	// Highlight is used to provide highlight text from a release note
+	Highlight string
 }
 
 type dependency struct {
diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index 5262825..461176a 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Welcome to the {{.Tag}} release of {{.ProjectName}}!
 #### {{$highlight.Name}}
 {{- end}}
 {{ range $change := $highlight.Changes}}
-* {{ $change.Change.Formatted }}
+* {{ $change.Change.Highlight }}
 {{- end}}
 {{- end}}
 {{- end}}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index cf54eef..5a06f81 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -704,11 +704,22 @@ func groupHighlights(changes []projectChange) []highlightCategory {
 			if c.IsSecurity {
 				security = append(security, getHighlightChange(project.Name, c))
 			} else if c.IsHighlight {
-				cc, ok := categories[c.Category]
-				if !ok {
-					categoryList = append(categoryList, c.Category)
+				if len(c.Categories) == 0 {
+					cc, ok := categories[""]
+					if !ok {
+						categoryList = append(categoryList, "")
+					}
+					categories[""] = append(cc, getHighlightChange(project.Name, c))
+				} else {
+					for category := range c.Categories {
+						cc, ok := categories[category]
+						if !ok {
+							categoryList = append(categoryList, category)
+						}
+						categories[category] = append(cc, getHighlightChange(project.Name, c))
+					}
+
 				}
-				categories[c.Category] = append(cc, getHighlightChange(project.Name, c))
 			}
 
 			// Allow deprecation and breaking changes to show up twice
@@ -822,3 +833,18 @@ func resolveGitURL(name string, cache Cache) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TODO: Support inner blocks and match multiple numbers of backticks
+var releaseRe = regexp.MustCompile("(?:\r?\n|\\A)``` ?(?:release-note|markdown changelog)\r?\n((?sU).*)\r?\n```(?:\r?\n|\\z)")
+
+func getReleaseNote(body string) string {
+	matches := releaseRe.FindStringSubmatch(strings.TrimSpace(body))
+	if len(matches) == 2 {
+		rn := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ReplaceAll(matches[1], "\r\n", "\n"))
+		if strings.HasPrefix(rn, "- ") || strings.HasPrefix(rn, "* ") {
+			rn = rn[2:]
+		}
+		return rn
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
index 5af9021..f8cf2cb 100644
--- a/util_test.go
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -67,3 +67,30 @@ func TestGetGitURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestReleaseNote(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, tc := range []struct {
+		body string
+		note string
+	}{
+		{"", ""},
+		{"not a release note", ""},
+		{"```release-note\nJust a release note\n```", "Just a release note"},
+		{"``` release-note\nJust a release note\n```", "Just a release note"},
+		{"``` release-note\nJust a release note\n```\n", "Just a release note"},
+		{"``` release-note\r\nJust a release note\r\n```", "Just a release note"},
+		{"``` release-note\r\nJust a release note\r\n```\r\n", "Just a release note"},
+		{"``` release-note\r\nJust a\r\nrelease note\r\n```", "Just a\nrelease note"},
+		{"Pull request body\n\n```release-note\nMore than a\n**`release note`**\n```", "More than a\n**`release note`**"},
+		{"Pull request body\n```release-note\nThe release note\n```\nNot Actually the end", "The release note"},
+		{"Poorly formatted```release-note\nThe release note\n```\n", ""},
+		{"Two blocks\n```release-note\nThe release note\n```\nAnd\n\n```something-else\ncode and more code\n```", "The release note"},
+		{"Two release notes\n```release-note\nThe first release note\n```\nAnd\n\n```release-note\nThe second release note\n```", "The first release note"},
+	} {
+		note := getReleaseNote(tc.body)
+		if note != tc.note {
+			t.Errorf("[%d] unexpected release note\n\t%q\nexpected\n\t%q", i, note, tc.note)
+		}
+	}
+
+}