diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index aeb672cb..991b10ac 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -131,4 +131,5 @@ that much better:
  * Aleksandr Sorokoumov
  * Yohan Graterol
  * bool-dev
- * Russ Weeks
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+ * Russ Weeks
+ * Paul Swartz
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diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 65a5aaf1..2ff2f6b4 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.7.10
 =================
+- Explicitly check for Document instances when dereferencing (#261)
 - Fixed order_by chaining issue (#265)
 - Added dereference support for tuples (#250)
 - Resolve field name to db field name when using distinct(#260, #264, #269)