diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 75c2e06429..d8e3e22303 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: HTTP cache purge now works again on Python 2 (Mitchel Cabuloy)
  * Fix: Locked pages can no longer be unpublished (Alex Bridge)
  * Fix: Site records now implement `get_by_natural_key`
+ * Fix: Creating pages at the root level (and any other instances of the base `Page` model) now properly respects the `parent_page_types` setting
 
 1.2 (12.11.2015)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3.rst b/docs/releases/1.3.rst
index 9742d816cb..8db041b2a9 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.3.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Bug fixes
  * HTTP cache purge now works again on Python 2 (Mitchel Cabuloy)
  * Locked pages can no longer be unpublished (Alex Bridge)
  * Site records now implement ``get_by_natural_key``
+ * Creating pages at the root level (and any other instances of the base ``Page`` model) now properly respects the `parent_page_types` setting
 
 
 Upgrade considerations
@@ -42,3 +43,5 @@ The following internal functions and methods in ``wagtail.wagtailcore.models``,
  * ``Page.clean_parent_page_types()`` - replaced by ``Page.clean_parent_page_models()``
  * ``Page.allowed_parent_page_types()`` - replaced by ``Page.allowed_parent_page_models()``
  * ``Page.allowed_subpage_types()`` - replaced by ``Page.allowed_subpage_models()``
+
+In addition, note that these methods now return page types that are marked as ``is_creatable = False``, including the base ``Page`` class. (Abstract models are not included, as before.)