diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 85d3d7f2b..7137f1b4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 1.7 (xx.xx.xxxx)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+ * The Wagtail version number can now be obtained as a tuple using ``from wagtail import VERSION`` (Tim Heap)
  * Fix: Migrations for wagtailcore and project template are now reversible (Benjamin Bach)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.rst b/docs/releases/1.7.rst
index 11987de45..cc5c0fc36 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ What's new
 Minor features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* The Wagtail version number can now be obtained as a tuple using ``from wagtail import VERSION`` (Tim Heap)
+
 
 Bug fixes
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