diff --git a/persistent-template/ChangeLog.md b/persistent-template/ChangeLog.md
index c07633766..8ec78ab69 100644
--- a/persistent-template/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/persistent-template/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Unreleased changes
+
+* Update module documentation for `Database.Persist.TH` to better describe the purpose of the module [#968](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/968)
+
 ## 2.7.2
 
 * Expose the knot tying logic of `parseReferences` so that users can build
diff --git a/persistent-template/Database/Persist/TH.hs b/persistent-template/Database/Persist/TH.hs
index b7b41c969..9382a93fb 100644
--- a/persistent-template/Database/Persist/TH.hs
+++ b/persistent-template/Database/Persist/TH.hs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans -fno-warn-missing-fields #-}
 
--- | This module provides utilities for creating backends. Regular users do not
--- need to use this module.
+-- | This module provides the tools for defining your database schema and using
+-- it to generate Haskell data types and migrations.
 module Database.Persist.TH
     ( -- * Parse entity defs
       persistWith