diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1b9090032..2e29c2dea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Release 1.7.9 (2017-08-14)
 ============================
 
 - fixed GH #1813: xmlparse.cpp doesn't compile in WinCE (poco 1.7.8p3)
+- fixed GH #1826: XPath query error
 - fixed GH #1834: Visual Studio 2008 cannot find stdint.h
 - fixed GH #1842: Upgrade bundled expat to 2.2.3
 - fixed GH #1843: Use random salt for Poco::XML::NamePool
diff --git a/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page b/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page
index 8e7a30fc9..7c40ff7fa 100644
--- a/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page
+++ b/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ AAAIntroduction
 !!!Release 1.7.9
 
   - fixed GH #1813: xmlparse.cpp doesn't compile in WinCE (poco 1.7.8p3)
+  - fixed GH #1826: XPath query error
   - fixed GH #1834: Visual Studio 2008 cannot find stdint.h
   - fixed GH #1842: Upgrade bundled expat to 2.2.3
   - fixed GH #1843: Use random salt for Poco::XML::NamePool