diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b91d58eaba..06f7e77b3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ git-annex (8.20201128) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     annex.version is not set, or vice-versa.
   * Avoid autoinit when a repo does not have annex.version or annex.uuid
     set, but has a git-annex objects directory, suggesting it was used
-    by git-annex before.
+    by git-annex before, and the git config may have been lost.
   * Fix reversion in 8.20201116 that made include= and exclude= in
     preferred/required content expressions match a path relative to the
     current directory, rather than the path from the top of the repository.