diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index a4847f3d70..8f24e5a975 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Changelog
  * Added hook `construct_homepage_summary_items` for customising the site summary panel on the admin homepage
  * No longer automatically tries to use Celery for sending notification emails
  * Added "Add child page" button to admin userbar (Eric Drechsel)
+ * Fix: Prevent logout on changing password when SessionAuthenticationMiddleware is in use
 
 
 0.8.6 (10.03.2015)
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.0.rst b/docs/releases/1.0.rst
index f694a45c4d..e01c93fb54 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.0.rst
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Bug fixes
 
  * The ``document_served`` signal now correctly passes the Document class as ``sender`` and the document as ``instance``
  * Image edit page no longer throws ``OSError`` when the original image is missing
+ * Users are no longer logged out on changing password when SessionAuthenticationMiddleware is in use
 
 
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