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[znicholls]

Pull request

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Adding to CHANGELOG.rst

Please add a single line in the changelog notes similar to one of the following:

- (`#XX <http://link-to-pr.com>`_) Added feature which does something
- (`#XX <http://link-to-pr.com>`_) Fixed bug identified in (`#XX <http://link-to-issue.com>`_)

Closes #231

[lewisjared]

That's easier to reason about