diff --git a/normaliz.changes b/normaliz.changes
index c72f3ec..b8b745f 100644
--- a/normaliz.changes
+++ b/normaliz.changes
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Tue Sep  1 06:57:22 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 Sat Aug 29 20:49:17 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
 - Update to release 3.8.8
+  * No user-visible changes; a build fix for Debian packaging.
 
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 Fri Jul 31 13:42:23 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>