diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 226f7da6d67..bcf7cf23486 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Features added
 Bugs fixed
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+* #8559: autodoc: AttributeError is raised when using forward-reference type
+  annotations
+
 Testing
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