diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0da91e830..dbe02349e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ Features added
   ``suppress_warnings``
 * #2803: Discovery of builders by entry point
 * #1764, #1676: Allow setting 'rel' and 'title' attributes for stylesheets
+* #2961: improve :confval:`autodoc_mock_imports`. Now the config value only
+  requires to declare the top-level modules that should be mocked.
+  Thanks to Robin Jarry.
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/doc/ext/autodoc.rst b/doc/ext/autodoc.rst
index 88151b0bc..62079c928 100644
--- a/doc/ext/autodoc.rst
+++ b/doc/ext/autodoc.rst
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ There are also new config values that you can set:
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.3
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 1.6
+      This config value only requires to declare the top-level modules that
+      should be mocked.
 
 Docstring preprocessing
 -----------------------