diff --git a/doc/changelog.asciidoc b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
index 49125de2e..792e0f64b 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Changed
   already did).
 - The `completion.web_history_max_items` setting got renamed to
   `completion.web_history.max_items`.
+- The Makefile shipped with qutebrowser now supports overriding variables
+  DATADIR and MANDIR.
 
 v1.4.2
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