diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 02515d98d0..3985dcc884 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 
  * Core templatetags (pageurl, image, wagtailuserbar, etc) are now compatible with Jinja2
  * Image and document models now provide a `search` method on their QuerySets
+ * Search methods now accept an `operator` argument to determine whether multiple terms are ORed or ANDed together
  * InlinePanel now accepts `max_num` and `min_num` arguments to limit the number of inline items
  * 'Add' button on inline panels is disabled when `max_num` is reached (Salvador Faria)
  * WagtailRedirectMiddleware can now ignore the query string if there is no redirect that exactly matches it (Michael Cordover)
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.2.rst b/docs/releases/1.2.rst
index f728331851..48aa5258cc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.2.rst
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ The core templatetags (``pageurl``, ``slugurl``, ``image``, ``richtext`` and ``w
 See: :doc:`/advanced_topics/jinja2`
 
 
-Improved search mechanism for images and documents
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Search API improvements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Wagtail's image and document models now provide a ``search`` method on their QuerySets, making it easy to perform searches on filtered data sets.
+Wagtail's image and document models now provide a ``search`` method on their QuerySets, making it easy to perform searches on filtered data sets. In addition, search methods now accept an ``operator`` keyword argument, to determine whether multiple search terms will be treated as 'or' (any term may match) or 'and' (all terms must match).
 
-See: :ref:`wagtailsearch_images_documents_custom_models`
+See: :ref:`wagtailsearch_searching`
 
 
 ``max_num`` and ``min_num`` parameters on inline panels