diff --git a/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc b/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc
index 544a7d5f..1e2ae07b 100644
--- a/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ released versions.
 
 * `complete-command` (See <<commands#configuring-command-completion,`:doc commands configuring-command-completion`>> 
 
+* `!` and `<a-!>` commands now select the inserted text
+
 == Kakoune 2021.11.07
 
 * Support for curly and separately colored underlines (undocumented in 2021.10.28)
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index eb240288..ab476458 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct {
         0,
         "» pipe commands do not append final end-of-lines anymore\n"
         "» {+u}complete-command{} to configure command completion\n"
+        "» {+b}!{} and {+b}<a-!>{} now select the inserted text\n"
     }, {
         20211107,
         "» colored and curly underlines support (undocumented in 20210828)\n"