diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 53656127dd..f26e5e7a33 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Fix icon alignment on menu items (Coen van der Kamp)
  * Fix: Page editor header bar now correctly shows 'Published' or 'Draft' status when no revisions exist (Matt Westcott)
  * Fix: Prevent page editor from failing when `USE_TZ` is false (Matt Westcott)
+ * Fix: Ensure whitespace between block-level elements is preserved when stripping tags from rich text for search indexing (Matt Westcott)
 
 
 2.10 (11.08.2020)
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.10.1.rst b/docs/releases/2.10.1.rst
index 107419e5a1..cc8a752ed0 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.10.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.10.1.rst
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ Bug fixes
  * Fix icon alignment on menu items (Coen van der Kamp)
  * Page editor header bar now correctly shows 'Published' or 'Draft' status when no revisions exist (Matt Westcott)
  * Prevent page editor from failing when ``USE_TZ`` is false (Matt Westcott)
+ * Ensure whitespace between block-level elements is preserved when stripping tags from rich text for search indexing (Matt Westcott)