diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d154fc65a5..fba9c997ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 
 * #3069: Even if ``'babel'`` key is set to empty string, LaTeX output contains
   one ``\addto\captions...``
+* #3123: user ``'babel'`` key setting is not obeyed anymore
 * #3155: Fix JavaScript for `html_sourcelink_suffix` fails with IE and Opera
 
 Release 1.5 beta1 (released Nov 6, 2016)