diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 853e8de2c..dbf4d1341 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changes between 2.4.1 and 2.4.2
 
 - on Windows require colorama and a newer py lib so that py.io.TerminalWriter()
   now uses colorama instead of its own ctypes hacks. (fixes issue365)
+  thanks Paul Moore for bringing it up.
 
 - fix "-k" matching of tests where "repr" and "attr" and other names would
   cause wrong matches because of an internal implementation quirk
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.2.txt b/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.2.txt
index cd35cb0f1..fd087e141 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.2.txt
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.2.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ pytest-2.4.2: colorama on windows, plugin/tmpdir fixes
 
 pytest-2.4.2 is another bug-fixing release:
 
+- on Windows require colorama and a newer py lib so that py.io.TerminalWriter()
+  now uses colorama instead of its own ctypes hacks. (fixes issue365)
+  thanks Paul Moore for bringing it up.
+
 - fix "-k" matching of tests where "repr" and "attr" and other names would
   cause wrong matches because of an internal implementation quirk
   (don't ask) which is now properly implemented. fixes issue345.
@@ -24,6 +28,9 @@ pytest-2.4.2 is another bug-fixing release:
   the normal capturing should catch enough possibilities
   of tests messing up standard FDs. 
 
+- add pluginmanager.do_configure(config) as a link to 
+  config.do_configure() for plugin-compatibility
+
 as usual, docs at http://pytest.org and upgrades via::
 
     pip install -U pytest