diff --git a/doc/python_reference.rst b/doc/python_reference.rst
index 2e852b443aa..eda653431d3 100644
--- a/doc/python_reference.rst
+++ b/doc/python_reference.rst
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ Functions:
    ica_find_eog_events
    read_ica
    run_ica
-   maxwell_filter
 
 EEG referencing:
 
diff --git a/doc/whats_new.rst b/doc/whats_new.rst
index 8f6bd930c95..0d980e2bf08 100644
--- a/doc/whats_new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats_new.rst
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ What's new
     Note, we are now using links to highlight new functions and classes.
     Please be sure to follow the examples below like :func:`mne.stats.f_mway_rm`, so the whats_new page will have a link to the function/class documentation.
 
+.. _changes_0_10:
 
-Current
------------
+Version 0.10
+------------
 
 Changelog
 ~~~~~~~~~
@@ -63,8 +64,6 @@ Changelog
 
     - Add ``preload`` argument to :func:`mne.read_epochs` to enable on-demand reads from disk by `Eric Larson`_
 
-    - Add Maxwell filtering (SSS) with tSSS by `Mark Wronkiewicz`_, `Samu Taulu`_, and `Eric Larson`_.
-
     - Big rewrite of simulation module by `Yousra Bekhti`_, `Mark Wronkiewicz`_, `Eric Larson`_ and `Alex Gramfort`_. Allows to simulate raw with artefacts (ECG, EOG) and evoked data, exploiting the forward solution. See :func:`mne.simulation.simulate_raw`, :func:`mne.simulation.simulate_evoked` and :func:`mne.simulation.simulate_sparse_stc`
 
     - Add :func:`mne.Epochs.load_data` method to :class:`mne.Epochs` by `Teon Brooks`_
@@ -117,6 +116,46 @@ API
 
     - ``RawBrainVision`` objects now always have event channel ``'STI 014'``, and recordings with no events will have this channel set to zero by `Eric Larson`_
 
+Authors
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+The committer list for this release is the following (preceded by number of commits):
+
+   269  Eric Larson
+   243  Jaakko Leppakangas
+   192  Alexandre Gramfort
+   128  Denis A. Engemann
+   111  Jona Sassenhagen
+   107  Mark Wronkiewicz
+    97  Teon Brooks
+    81  Lorenzo De Santis
+    55  Yousra Bekhti
+    54  Jean-Remi King
+    48  Romain Trachel
+    45  Mainak Jas
+    40  Alexandre Barachant
+    32  Marijn van Vliet
+    27  jaeilepp
+    26  jmontoyam
+    22  Chris Holdgraf
+    16  Christopher J. Bailey
+     7  Christian Brodbeck
+     5  Alan Leggitt
+     5  Roan LaPlante
+     5  natalieklein
+     3  Daniel Strohmeier
+     3  Fede Raimondo
+     3  unknown
+     2  Dan G. Wakeman
+     2  Daniel McCloy
+     2  Fede
+     2  Ross Maddox
+     2  dgwakeman
+     2  sassenha
+     1  Jussi Nurminen
+     1  drammock
+     1  jona
+
 .. _changes_0_9:
 
 Version 0.9
@@ -318,6 +357,46 @@ API
 
    - Add ``montage`` parameter to the ``create_info`` function to create the info using montages by `Teon Brooks`_
 
+Authors
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+The committer list for this release is the following (preceded by number of commits):
+
+   515  Eric Larson
+   343  Denis A. Engemann
+   304  Alexandre Gramfort
+   300  Teon Brooks
+   142  Mainak Jas
+   119  Jean-Remi King
+    77  Alan Leggitt
+    75  Marijn van Vliet
+    63  Chris Holdgraf
+    57  Yousra Bekhti
+    49  Mark Wronkiewicz
+    44  Christian Brodbeck
+    30  Jona Sassenhagen
+    29  Hari Bharadwaj
+    27  Clément Moutard
+    24  Ingoo Lee
+    18  Marmaduke Woodman
+    16  Martin Luessi
+    10  Jaakko Leppakangas
+     9  Andrew Dykstra
+     9  Daniel Strohmeier
+     7  kjs
+     6  Dan G. Wakeman
+     5  Federico Raimondo
+     3  Basile Pinsard
+     3  Christoph Dinh
+     3  Hafeza Anevar
+     2  Martin Billinger
+     2  Roan LaPlante
+     1  Manoj Kumar
+     1  Matt Tucker
+     1  Romain Trachel
+     1  mads jensen
+     1  sviter
+
 .. _changes_0_8:
 
 Version 0.8
diff --git a/mne/preprocessing/__init__.py b/mne/preprocessing/__init__.py
index 4792927a336..e1f6420043b 100644
--- a/mne/preprocessing/__init__.py
+++ b/mne/preprocessing/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
                   get_score_funcs, read_ica, run_ica)
 from .bads import find_outliers
 from .stim import fix_stim_artifact
-from .maxwell import maxwell_filter
+from .maxwell import _maxwell_filter
 from .xdawn import Xdawn
diff --git a/mne/preprocessing/maxwell.py b/mne/preprocessing/maxwell.py
index 8dd47fa89df..51d3a4d2cdc 100644
--- a/mne/preprocessing/maxwell.py
+++ b/mne/preprocessing/maxwell.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 
 @verbose
-def maxwell_filter(raw, origin=(0, 0, 40), int_order=8, ext_order=3,
-                   st_dur=None, st_corr=0.98, verbose=None):
+def _maxwell_filter(raw, origin=(0, 0, 40), int_order=8, ext_order=3,
+                    st_dur=None, st_corr=0.98, verbose=None):
     """Apply Maxwell filter to data using spherical harmonics.
 
     Parameters
diff --git a/mne/preprocessing/tests/test_maxwell.py b/mne/preprocessing/tests/test_maxwell.py
index ffbb14c5eaa..f2320dcb6e9 100644
--- a/mne/preprocessing/tests/test_maxwell.py
+++ b/mne/preprocessing/tests/test_maxwell.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 from mne.datasets import testing
 from mne.forward._make_forward import _prep_meg_channels
 from mne.io import Raw, proc_history
-from mne.preprocessing.maxwell import (maxwell_filter, get_num_moments,
-                                       _sss_basis)
+from mne.preprocessing.maxwell import (_maxwell_filter as maxwell_filter,
+                                       get_num_moments, _sss_basis)
 from mne.utils import _TempDir, run_tests_if_main, slow_test
 
 warnings.simplefilter('always')  # Always throw warnings