diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b274f6016b1..073346a2aa5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Features added
   ``__all__`` attribute if :confval:`autosummary_ignore_module_all` is set to
   ``False``. The default behaviour is unchanged. Autogen also now supports
   this behavior with the ``--respect-module-all`` switch.
+* #9894: linkcheck: new option`linkcheck_documents_exclude` allows to disable
+  link check in matched documents.
 
 Bugs fixed
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