diff --git a/layouts/css/page-modules/_download.styl b/layouts/css/page-modules/_download.styl
index de792d66032f2..618b9f0a355eb 100644
--- a/layouts/css/page-modules/_download.styl
+++ b/layouts/css/page-modules/_download.styl
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ td.download-table-last
     > a
         padding 0 10px
 
+#modules-description
+    font-size: small
+
 @media (max-width: 700px)
     .download-hero ul
         width auto
diff --git a/layouts/download-releases.hbs b/layouts/download-releases.hbs
index a77700647d72d..45422eabf07f3 100644
--- a/layouts/download-releases.hbs
+++ b/layouts/download-releases.hbs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
                                 <td>Date</td>
                                 <td>V8</td>
                                 <td>npm</td>
+                                <td>Modules</td>
                                 <td></td>
                             </tr>
                         </thead>
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
                                     <td data-label="Date"><time>{{date}}</time></td>
                                     <td data-label="V8">{{v8}}</td>
                                     <td data-label="npm">{{npm}}</td>
+                                    <td data-label="Modules">{{modules}}</td>
                                     <td class="download-table-last">
                                         <a href="{{url}}">
                                             {{i18n 'releases.downloads'}}
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
                             {{/project.versions}}
                         </tbody>
                     </table>
+                    <p id="modules-description">{{{modules}}}</p>
                 </section>
             </article>
 
diff --git a/locale/en/download/releases.md b/locale/en/download/releases.md
index a8b55ce401a45..d30764f310e7c 100644
--- a/locale/en/download/releases.md
+++ b/locale/en/download/releases.md
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ layout: download-releases.hbs
 title: Previous Releases
 iojs:
   intro: "Releases 1.x through 3.x were called \"io.js\" as they were part of the io.js fork. As of Node.js 4.0.0 the former release lines of io.js converged with Node.js 0.12.x into unified Node.js releases."
+modules: "\"Modules\" refers to the ABI (application binary interface) version number of Node.js, used to determine which versions of Node.js compiled C++ add-on binaries can be loaded in to without needing to be re-compiled. This version number is also referred to as <code>NODE_MODULE_VERSION</code>."
 ---