diff --git a/changes/bug2971 b/changes/bug2971
index 8b71ce040b..8b6036ea74 100644
--- a/changes/bug2971
+++ b/changes/bug2971
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
     - Be more consistent in our treatment of file system paths. ~ should
       get expanded to the user's home directory in the Log config option.
       Bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha, which introduced the feature for the -f and
-      --DataDirectory options.
+      --DataDirectory options. Fixes bug 2971.