diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index a64efb1b103..32995d91cc3 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ Optimizations
 * LUCENE-8888: Optimize distribution of points with data dimensions in
   BKD tree leaves. (Ignacio Vera)
 
+* LUCENE-8311: Phrase queries now leverage impacts. (Adrien Grand)
+
 Test Framework
 
 * LUCENE-8825: CheckHits now display the shard index in case of mismatch