diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2430a0ff..f6bf35a55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
           body_path: ${{ github.workflow }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+        env:
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: my_gh_org/my_gh_repo
 ```
 
 ### 💅 Customizing
@@ -162,18 +164,17 @@ jobs:
 
 The following are optional as `step.with` keys
 
-| Name                      | Type    | Description                                                                                 |
-|---------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `body`                    | String  | Text communicating notable changes in this release                                          |
-| `body_path`               | String  | Path to load text communicating notable changes in this release                             |
-| `draft`                   | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not this release is a draft                                         |
-| `prerelease`              | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not is a prerelease                                                 |
-| `files`                   | String  | Newline-delimited globs of paths to assets to upload for release                            |
-| `name`                    | String  | Name of the release. defaults to tag name                                                   |
-| `tag_name`                | String  | Name of a tag. defaults to `github.ref`                                                     |
-| `repository`              | String  | Name of a target repository in `<owner>/<repo>` format. Defaults to the current repository. |
-| `fail_on_unmatched_files` | Boolean | Indicator of whether to fail if any of the `files` globs match nothing                      |
-| `token`                   | String  | Secret GitHub Personal Access Token. Defaults to `${{ github.token }}`                      |
+| Name                      | Type    | Description                                                           |
+|---------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `body`                    | String  | Text communicating notable changes in this release                    |
+| `body_path`               | String  | Path to load text communicating notable changes in this release       |
+| `draft`                   | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not this release is a draft                   |
+| `prerelease`              | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not is a prerelease                           |
+| `files`                   | String  | Newline-delimited globs of paths to assets to upload for release      |
+| `name`                    | String  | Name of the release. defaults to tag name                             |
+| `tag_name`                | String  | Name of a tag. defaults to `github.ref`                               |
+| `fail_on_unmatched_files` | Boolean | Indicator of whether to fail if any of the `files` globs match nothing|
+| `token`                   | String  | Secret GitHub Personal Access Token. Defaults to `${{ github.token }}`|
 
 💡When providing a `body` and `body_path` at the same time, `body_path` will be attempted first, then falling back on `body` if the path can not be read from.
 
@@ -181,18 +182,20 @@ The following are optional as `step.with` keys
 
 The following outputs can be accessed via `${{ steps.<step-id>.outputs }}` from this action
 
-| Name        | Type    | Description                    |
-|-------------|---------|--------------------------------|
-| `url`       | String  | Github.com URL for the release |
+| Name        | Type    | Description                                                     |
+|-------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `url`       | String  | Github.com URL for the release                                  |
+| `upload_url`| String  | URL for uploading assets to the release                         |
 
 
 #### environment variables
 
 The following `step.env` keys are allowed as a fallback but deprecated in favor of using inputs.
 
-| Name           | Description                           |
-|----------------|---------------------------------------|
-| `GITHUB_TOKEN` | GITHUB_TOKEN as provided by `secrets` |
+| Name           | Description                                                                                    |
+|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `GITHUB_TOKEN` | GITHUB_TOKEN as provided by `secrets`                                                          |
+| `GITHUB_REPOSITORY` | Name of a target repository in `<owner>/<repo>` format. defaults to the current repository|
 
 
 > **⚠️ Note:** This action was previously implemented as a Docker container, limiting its use to GitHub Actions Linux virtual environments only. With recent releases, we now support cross platform usage. You'll need to remove the `docker://` prefix in these versions
diff --git a/__tests__/util.test.ts b/__tests__/util.test.ts
index 5a7a26884..a2efd9e28 100644
--- a/__tests__/util.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/util.test.ts
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ describe("util", () => {
         })
       );
     });
-    it("defaults to body when both body and body path are provided", () => {
+    it("defaults to body path when both body and body path are provided", () => {
       assert.equal(
-        "foo",
+        "bar",
         releaseBody({
           github_ref: "",
           github_repository: "",
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 74a5d9448..019a23f3e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ env:
 outputs:
   url:
     description: 'URL to the Release HTML Page'
+  upload_url:
+    description: 'URL for uploading assets to the release'
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 47ae8b8ec..df7264e6a 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ async function run() {
     }
     console.log(`🎉 Release ready at ${rel.html_url}`);
     setOutput("url", rel.html_url);
+    setOutput("upload_url", rel.upload_url);
   } catch (error) {
     setFailed(error.message);
   }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 35e0d8010..b0aa59cfa 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ export interface Config {
 
 export const releaseBody = (config: Config): string | undefined => {
   return (
-    config.input_body ||
     (config.input_body_path &&
-      readFileSync(config.input_body_path).toString("utf8"))
+      readFileSync(config.input_body_path).toString("utf8")) ||
+    config.input_body
   );
 };