diff --git a/desktop/src/App.tsx b/desktop/src/App.tsx
index 2da03f74b..972210453 100644
--- a/desktop/src/App.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/App.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import {
   ACTIVE_SHEET_PLUGIN_SHEET,
   ACTIVE_SHEET_JS_EMULATOR_LAUNCHER,
   ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG,
+  setActiveSheet,
+  ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG_RECENT_ONLY,
 } from './reducers/application';
 import {Logger} from './fb-interfaces/Logger';
 import BugReporter from './fb-stubs/BugReporter';
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ import PluginManager from './chrome/plugin-manager/PluginManager';
 import StatusBar from './chrome/StatusBar';
 import SettingsSheet from './chrome/SettingsSheet';
 import DoctorSheet from './chrome/DoctorSheet';
-import ChangelogSheet from './chrome/ChangelogSheet';
+import ChangelogSheet, {hasNewChangesToShow} from './chrome/ChangelogSheet';
 
 const version = remote.app.getVersion();
 
@@ -63,7 +65,11 @@ type StateFromProps = {
   staticView: StaticView;
 };
 
-type Props = StateFromProps & OwnProps;
+type DispatchProps = {
+  setActiveSheet: typeof setActiveSheet;
+};
+
+type Props = StateFromProps & OwnProps & DispatchProps;
 
 export class App extends React.Component<Props> {
   componentDidMount() {
@@ -79,6 +85,10 @@ export class App extends React.Component<Props> {
     });
     ipcRenderer.send('getLaunchTime');
     ipcRenderer.send('componentDidMount');
+
+    if (hasNewChangesToShow(window.localStorage)) {
+      this.props.setActiveSheet(ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG_RECENT_ONLY);
+    }
   }
 
   getSheet = (onHide: () => any) => {
@@ -101,6 +111,8 @@ export class App extends React.Component<Props> {
         return <DoctorSheet onHide={onHide} />;
       case ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG:
         return <ChangelogSheet onHide={onHide} />;
+      case ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG_RECENT_ONLY:
+        return <ChangelogSheet onHide={onHide} recent />;
       case ACTIVE_SHEET_SELECT_PLUGINS_TO_EXPORT:
         return <ExportDataPluginSheet onHide={onHide} />;
       case ACTIVE_SHEET_SHARE_DATA:
@@ -163,7 +175,7 @@ export class App extends React.Component<Props> {
   }
 }
 
-export default connect<StateFromProps, {}, OwnProps, Store>(
+export default connect<StateFromProps, DispatchProps, OwnProps, Store>(
   ({
     application: {leftSidebarVisible, activeSheet, share},
     connections: {errors, staticView},
@@ -174,4 +186,7 @@ export default connect<StateFromProps, {}, OwnProps, Store>(
     errors,
     staticView,
   }),
+  {
+    setActiveSheet,
+  },
 )(App);
diff --git a/desktop/src/chrome/ChangelogSheet.tsx b/desktop/src/chrome/ChangelogSheet.tsx
index 2d1a7ed1e..32032041f 100644
--- a/desktop/src/chrome/ChangelogSheet.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/chrome/ChangelogSheet.tsx
@@ -14,10 +14,21 @@ import path from 'path';
 import {reportUsage} from '../utils/metrics';
 import {getStaticPath} from '../utils/pathUtils';
 
-const changelog: string = readFileSync(
-  path.join(getStaticPath(), 'CHANGELOG.md'),
-  'utf8',
-);
+const changelogKey = 'FlipperChangelogStatus';
+
+type ChangelogStatus = {
+  lastHeader: string;
+};
+
+let getChangelogFromDisk = (): string => {
+  const changelogFromDisk: string = readFileSync(
+    path.join(getStaticPath(), 'CHANGELOG.md'),
+    'utf8',
+  ).trim();
+
+  getChangelogFromDisk = () => changelogFromDisk;
+  return changelogFromDisk;
+};
 
 const Container = styled(FlexColumn)({
   padding: 20,
@@ -43,15 +54,24 @@ const changelogSectionStyle = {
 
 type Props = {
   onHide: () => void;
+  recent?: boolean;
 };
 
 export default class ChangelogSheet extends Component<Props, {}> {
   componentDidMount() {
-    reportUsage('changelog:opened');
+    if (!this.props.recent) {
+      // opened through the menu
+      reportUsage('changelog:opened');
+    }
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount(): void {
-    reportUsage('changelog:closed');
+    if (this.props.recent) {
+      markChangelogRead(window.localStorage, getChangelogFromDisk());
+    }
+    if (!this.props.recent) {
+      reportUsage('changelog:closed');
+    }
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -59,7 +79,17 @@ export default class ChangelogSheet extends Component<Props, {}> {
       <Container>
         <Title>Changelog</Title>
         <FlexRow>
-          <Markdown source={changelog} style={changelogSectionStyle} />
+          <Markdown
+            source={
+              this.props.recent
+                ? getRecentChangelog(
+                    window.localStorage,
+                    getChangelogFromDisk(),
+                  )
+                : getChangelogFromDisk()
+            }
+            style={changelogSectionStyle}
+          />
         </FlexRow>
         <FlexRow>
           <Button type="primary" compact padded onClick={this.props.onHide}>
@@ -70,3 +100,71 @@ export default class ChangelogSheet extends Component<Props, {}> {
     );
   }
 }
+
+function getChangelogStatus(
+  localStorage: Storage,
+): ChangelogStatus | undefined {
+  return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(changelogKey) || '{}');
+}
+
+function getFirstHeader(changelog: string): string {
+  const match = changelog.match(/(^|\n)(#.*?)\n/);
+  if (match) {
+    return match[2];
+  }
+  return '';
+}
+
+export function hasNewChangesToShow(
+  localStorage: Storage | undefined,
+  changelog: string = getChangelogFromDisk(),
+): boolean {
+  if (!localStorage) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const status = getChangelogStatus(localStorage);
+  if (!status || !status.lastHeader) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  const firstHeader = getFirstHeader(changelog);
+  if (firstHeader && firstHeader !== status.lastHeader) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+export /*for test*/ function getRecentChangelog(
+  localStorage: Storage | undefined,
+  changelog: string,
+): string {
+  if (!localStorage) {
+    return 'Changelog not available';
+  }
+  const status = getChangelogStatus(localStorage);
+  if (!status || !status.lastHeader) {
+    return changelog.trim();
+  }
+  const lastHeaderIndex = changelog.indexOf(status.lastHeader);
+  if (lastHeaderIndex === -1) {
+    return changelog.trim();
+  } else {
+    return changelog.substr(0, lastHeaderIndex).trim();
+  }
+}
+
+export /*for test*/ function markChangelogRead(
+  localStorage: Storage | undefined,
+  changelog: string,
+) {
+  if (!localStorage) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const firstHeader = getFirstHeader(changelog);
+  if (!firstHeader) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const status: ChangelogStatus = {
+    lastHeader: firstHeader,
+  };
+  localStorage.setItem(changelogKey, JSON.stringify(status));
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src/chrome/__tests__/ChangelogSheet.node.tsx b/desktop/src/chrome/__tests__/ChangelogSheet.node.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fa7ab3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/chrome/__tests__/ChangelogSheet.node.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {
+  hasNewChangesToShow,
+  getRecentChangelog,
+  markChangelogRead,
+} from '../ChangelogSheet';
+
+class StubStorage {
+  data: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+  setItem(key: string, value: string) {
+    this.data[key] = value;
+  }
+
+  getItem(key: string) {
+    return this.data[key];
+  }
+}
+
+const changelog = `
+
+# Version 2.0
+
+* Nice feature one
+* Important fix
+
+# Version 1.0
+
+* Not very exciting actually
+
+`;
+
+describe('ChangelogSheet', () => {
+  let storage!: Storage;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    storage = new StubStorage() as any;
+  });
+
+  test('without storage, should show changes', () => {
+    expect(hasNewChangesToShow(undefined, changelog)).toBe(false);
+    expect(getRecentChangelog(storage, changelog)).toEqual(changelog.trim());
+    expect(hasNewChangesToShow(storage, changelog)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('with last header, should not show changes', () => {
+    markChangelogRead(storage, changelog);
+    expect(storage.data).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "FlipperChangelogStatus": "{\\"lastHeader\\":\\"# Version 2.0\\"}",
+      }
+    `);
+    expect(hasNewChangesToShow(storage, changelog)).toBe(false);
+
+    const newChangelog = `
+# Version 3.0
+
+* Cool!
+
+# Version 2.5
+
+* This is visible as well
+
+${changelog}
+`;
+
+    expect(hasNewChangesToShow(storage, newChangelog)).toBe(true);
+    expect(getRecentChangelog(storage, newChangelog)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+"# Version 3.0
+
+* Cool!
+
+# Version 2.5
+
+* This is visible as well"
+`);
+    markChangelogRead(storage, newChangelog);
+    expect(storage.data).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "FlipperChangelogStatus": "{\\"lastHeader\\":\\"# Version 3.0\\"}",
+      }
+    `);
+    expect(hasNewChangesToShow(storage, newChangelog)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/desktop/src/reducers/application.tsx b/desktop/src/reducers/application.tsx
index 7b6edc628..ed0b1b5e3 100644
--- a/desktop/src/reducers/application.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/reducers/application.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export const UNSET_SHARE: 'UNSET_SHARE' = 'UNSET_SHARE';
 export const ACTIVE_SHEET_JS_EMULATOR_LAUNCHER: 'ACTIVE_SHEET_JS_EMULATOR_LAUNCHER' =
   'ACTIVE_SHEET_JS_EMULATOR_LAUNCHER';
 export const ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG = 'ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG';
+export const ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG_RECENT_ONLY =
+  'ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG_RECENT_ONLY';
 
 export type ActiveSheet =
   | typeof ACTIVE_SHEET_PLUGIN_SHEET
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export type ActiveSheet =
   | typeof ACTIVE_SHEET_SELECT_PLUGINS_TO_EXPORT
   | typeof ACTIVE_SHEET_JS_EMULATOR_LAUNCHER
   | typeof ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG
+  | typeof ACTIVE_SHEET_CHANGELOG_RECENT_ONLY
   | null;
 
 export type LauncherMsg = {