diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 00ca9c21..3f4252a5 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ Changelog
 Development
 ===========
 - (Fill this out as you fix issues and develop your features).
+- EnumField improvements: now `choices` limits the values of an enum to allow
 
 Changes in 0.23.1
 ===========
 - Bug fix: ignore LazyReferenceFields when clearing _changed_fields #2484
 - Improve connection doc #2481
-- EnumField improvements: now `choices` limits the values of an enum to allow
 
 Changes in 0.23.0
 =================
diff --git a/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py b/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py
index 6dffb905..d2730d33 100644
--- a/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py
+++ b/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py
@@ -81,7 +81,17 @@ class TestStringEnumField(MongoDBTestCase):
 
     def test_partial_choices(self):
         partial = [Status.DONE]
-        assert EnumField(Status, choices=partial).choices == partial
+        enum_field = EnumField(Status, choices=partial)
+        assert enum_field.choices == partial
+
+        class FancyDoc(Document):
+            z = enum_field
+
+        FancyDoc(z=Status.DONE).validate()
+        with pytest.raises(
+            ValidationError, match=r"Value must be one of .*Status.DONE"
+        ):
+            FancyDoc(z=Status.NEW).validate()
 
     def test_wrong_choices(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid choices"):