diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2d9e4892b..027a4c342 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #7865: autosummary: Failed to extract summary line when abbreviations found
 * #7866: autosummary: Failed to extract correct summary line when docstring
   contains a hyperlink target
+* #7940: apidoc: An extra newline is generated at the end of the rst file if a
+  module has submodules 
 * #4258: napoleon: decorated special methods are not shown
 * #7715: LaTeX: ``numfig_secnum_depth > 1`` leads to wrong figure links
 * #7846: html theme: XML-invalid files were generated