diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 761ed2539..503c1188a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Deprecated
 * :confval:`autodoc_default_flags` is deprecated
 * quickstart: ``--epub`` option becomes default, so it is deprecated
 * Drop function based directive support.  For now, Sphinx only supports class
-  based directives.
+  based directives (see :class:`~Directive`)
 * ``sphinx.util.docutils.directive_helper()`` is deprecated
 * ``sphinx.cmdline`` is deprecated
 * ``sphinx.make_mode`` is deprecated