diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c78990ac3d..042f2ad84a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
 - [#7299](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/ssues/7299): Ensure fieldsCreated stat available in shard measurement.
 - [#6846](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/6846): Read an invalid JSON response as an error in the influx client.
 - [#7110](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7110): Skip past points at the same time in derivative call within a merged series.
+- [#1834](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/1834): Drop time when used as a tag or field key.
+- [#7152](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7152): Decrement number of measurements only once when deleting the last series from a measurement.
+- [#7177](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7177): Fix base64 encoding issue with /debug/vars stats.
+- [#7196](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7196): Fix mmap dereferencing, fixes #7183, #7180
+- [#7013](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7013): Fix the dollar sign so it properly handles reserved keywords.
+- [#7297](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7297): Use consistent column output from the CLI for column formatted responses.
+- [#7231](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7231): Duplicate parsing bug in ALTER RETENTION POLICY.
+- [#7285](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7285): Correctly use password-type field in Admin UI. Thanks @dandv!
+- [#2792](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/2792): Exceeding max retention policy duration gives incorrect error message
+- [#7226](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7226): Fix database locked up when deleting shards
 
 ## v1.0.0 [2016-09-07]
 
diff --git a/tsdb/shard.go b/tsdb/shard.go
index e6a8a9e32f..b91b1a3b0c 100644
--- a/tsdb/shard.go
+++ b/tsdb/shard.go
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ func (s *Shard) Open() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// UnloadIndex removes all references to this shard from the DatabaseIndex
+func (s *Shard) UnloadIndex() {
+	// Don't leak our shard ID and series keys in the index
+	s.index.RemoveShard(s.id)
+}
+
 // Close shuts down the shard's store.
 func (s *Shard) Close() error {
 	s.mu.Lock()
@@ -282,7 +288,7 @@ func (s *Shard) close() error {
 	}
 
 	// Don't leak our shard ID and series keys in the index
-	s.index.RemoveShard(s.id)
+	s.UnloadIndex()
 
 	err := s.engine.Close()
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/tsdb/store.go b/tsdb/store.go
index ef8cd327bd..ed7d9a78fc 100644
--- a/tsdb/store.go
+++ b/tsdb/store.go
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteShard(shardID uint64) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// Remove the shard from the database indexes before closing the shard.
+	// Closing the shard will do this as well, but it will unload it while
+	// the shard is locked which can block stats collection and other calls.
+	sh.UnloadIndex()
+
 	if err := sh.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}