diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/CHANGELOG.md
index 53f73cf90855..d754be8bc8af 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 12.0.0b1 (Unreleased)
+## 12.0.0b1 (2020-09-08)
+This is the first beta of the `azure-data-tables` client library. The Azure Tables client library can seamlessly target either Azure Table storage or Azure Cosmos DB table service endpoints with no code changes.
 
 
 
diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/setup.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/setup.py
index 1651b14ff4cc..95c120a47dd1 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/setup.py
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@
 if not version:
     raise RuntimeError('Cannot find version information')
 
+with open("README.md", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    readme = f.read()
+with open("CHANGELOG.md", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    changelog = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name=PACKAGE_NAME,
     version=version,
     description='Microsoft Azure {} Client Library for Python'.format(PACKAGE_PPRINT_NAME),
-    long_description='\n\n',
+    long_description=readme + '\n\n' + changelog,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     license='MIT License',
     author='Microsoft Corporation',