diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0bd90fd..60be4e3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Bug Fixes:
 * The eyaml-rotate-keys command-line tool would generate a stack-dump when the
   key for an encrypted value contained dots.  The underlying library for this
   tool now safely generates the internal YAMLPaths it uses.
+* The default encoding when opening files is now set to utf-8 to support
+  extended character sets on Windows.
 
 3.6.1:
 Enhancements: