diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e75ca3c3b..f29cdb562 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Dependencies
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
 
+* LaTeX ``\pagestyle`` commands have been moved to the LaTeX template. No
+  changes in PDF, except possibly if ``\sphinxtableofcontents``, which
+  contained them, had been customized in :file:`conf.py`. (refs: #5455)
+
 Deprecated
 ----------
 
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #5433: latex: ImportError: cannot import name 'DEFAULT_SETTINGS'
 * #5431: autodoc: ``autofunction`` emits a warning for callable objects
 * #5457: Fix TypeError in error message when override is prohibited
+* #5453: PDF builds of 'howto' documents have no page numbers
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index 11c4540be..62d119e02 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
     }
   % Update the plain style so we get the page number & footer line,
   % but not a chapter or section title.  This is to keep the first
-  % page of a chapter and the blank page between chapters `clean.'
+  % page of a chapter `clean.'
    \fancypagestyle{plain}{
     \fancyhf{}
     \fancyfoot[LE,RO]{{\py@HeaderFamily\thepage}}