diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b91478536..698f276d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.0.0
+- Bugfix: blocking exec call should remove channel metadata #140
+- Add close method to websocket api of interactive exec #145
+
 # v1.0.0b3
 - Bugfix: Missing websocket-client dependency #131
 
diff --git a/devel/release.md b/devel/release.md
index 4ebf9fdc8..3dde2a5bb 100644
--- a/devel/release.md
+++ b/devel/release.md
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ should be on the same branch. To update an existing branch:
 
 ```bash
 export RELEASE_BRANCH=release-x.x
-git checkout RELEASE_BRANCH
+git checkout $RELEASE_BRANCH
 git fetch upstream
+git rebase upstream/$RELEASE_BRANCH
 git pull upstream master
 ```
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ and commit changes (should be only version number changes) to the release branch
 Name the commit something like "Update version constants for XXX release".
 
 ```bash
-git push upstream RELEASE_BRANCH
+git push upstream $RELEASE_BRANCH
 ```
 
 ## Make distribution packages
diff --git a/examples/exec.py b/examples/exec.py
index f9b21b634..b5ad04434 100644
--- a/examples/exec.py
+++ b/examples/exec.py
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ print("Server date command returns: %s" % sdate)
 resp.write_stdin("whoami\n")
 user = resp.readline_stdout(timeout=3)
 print("Server user is: %s" % user)
+resp.close()
diff --git a/kubernetes/client/ws_client.py b/kubernetes/client/ws_client.py
index ceaaa72fe..7177e5eb2 100644
--- a/kubernetes/client/ws_client.py
+++ b/kubernetes/client/ws_client.py
@@ -168,11 +168,13 @@ class WSClient:
                 data = frame.data
                 if six.PY3:
                     data = data.decode("utf-8")
-                self._all += data
                 if len(data) > 1:
                     channel = ord(data[0])
                     data = data[1:]
                     if data:
+                        # keeping all messages in the order they received for
+                        # non-blocking call.
+                        self._all += data
                         if channel not in self._channels:
                             self._channels[channel] = data
                         else:
@@ -189,6 +191,14 @@ class WSClient:
             while self.is_open():
                 self.update(timeout=None)
 
+    def close(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        close websocket connection.
+        """
+        self._connected = False
+        if self.sock:
+            self.sock.close(**kwargs)
+
 
 WSResponse = collections.namedtuple('WSResponse', ['data'])