diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index a1b6d17..7bf55ab 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 =======
 History
 =======
+
+0.7.0 (2018-05-13)
+------------------
+
+* Unicode fixes. Fix crash on invalid UTF-8 input.
+* Clarify that stdout/stderr values are returned as bytestrings.
+* Callbacks receive the data decoded as UTF-8 unicode strings
+  with unknown characters replaced by \ufffd (unicode replacement
+  character). Same applies to printing of output.
+* Mark stdin broken on Windows.
 
 0.6.1 (2018-05-02)
 ------------------
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3c5b0b4..d009e00 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@
 
 * runs an external process and waits for it to finish
 * does not deadlock, no matter the process stdout/stderr output behaviour
-* returns the exit code, stdout, stderr (separately), and the total process
-  runtime as a dictionary
+* returns the exit code, stdout, stderr (separately, both as bytestrings),
+  and the total process runtime as a dictionary
 * process can run in a custom environment, either as a modification of
   the current environment or in a new environment from scratch
 * stdin can be fed to the process, the returned dictionary contains
   information how much was read by the process
 * stdout and stderr is printed by default, can be disabled
 * stdout and stderr can be passed to any arbitrary function for
-  live processing
+  live processing (separately, both as unicode strings)
 * optionally enforces a time limit on the process
 
 Credits
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 3ae18c8..9216cac 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@
 
 To test for successful completion::
 
-    assert result['exitcode'] == 0
+    assert not result['exitcode']
+    assert result['exitcode'] == 0 # alternatively
 
 To test for no STDERR output::
 
-    assert result['stderr'] == ''
+    assert not result['stderr']
+    assert result['stderr'] == b'' # alternatively
 
 To run with a specific environment variable set::
 
diff --git a/procrunner/__init__.py b/procrunner/__init__.py
index a685749..1523e7d 100644
--- a/procrunner/__init__.py
+++ b/procrunner/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Markus Gerstel"""
 __email__ = 'scientificsoftware@diamond.ac.uk'
-__version__ = '0.6.1'
+__version__ = '0.7.0'
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('procrunner')
 logger.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@
      :param win32resolve: If on Windows, find the appropriate executable first.
                           This allows running of .bat, .cmd, etc. files without
                           explicitly specifying their extension.
-     :return: A dictionary containing stdout, stderr, runtime, exitcode,
-              and more.
+     :return: A dictionary containing stdout, stderr (both as bytestrings),
+              runtime, exitcode, and more.
   '''
 
   time_start = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S GMT", time.gmtime())
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 88e156c..b7a868e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.6.1
+current_version = 0.7.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e175c12..b022198 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=test_requirements,
     url='https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-procrunner',
-    version='0.6.1',
+    version='0.7.0',
     zip_safe=False,
 )