diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index e76c681be..b1baeb6ea 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Changed classes / methods
                      Additionally removed the methods "setIterator(Iterator)" and "getIterators()".
  o [COLLECTIONS-459] Removed method "setArray(Object)" in class ArrayIterator and method "setArray(Object[])"
                      in class ObjectArrayIterator and made fields array, startIndex and endIndex final.
+ o [COLLECTIONS-455] Changed scope of various fields to proviate where appropriate.
  o [COLLECTIONS-454] An iterator over a "Flat3Map#entrySet()" will now return independent Map.Entry objects that will
                      not change anymore when the iterator progresses.
  o [COLLECTIONS-453] Several closure and transformer implementations in the functor package will now copy
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 7385666e9..7fc90517d 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
       Added methods "ListUtils#longestCommonSubsequence(...)" to get the longest common subsequence
       of arbitrary lists or CharSequences.
     </action>
+    <action issue="COLLECTIONS-455" dev="sebb" type="update">
+      Changed scope of fields to private where appropriate.
+    </action>
     <action issue="COLLECTIONS-454" dev="tn" type="update">
       An iterator over a "Flat3Map#entrySet()" will now return
       independent Map.Entry objects that will not change anymore when