diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c98ef3685..14168697a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
   * core: The serial of the state is only updated if there is an actual
       change. This will lower the amount of state changing on things
       like refresh.
+  * core: Autoload `terraform.tfvars.json` as well as `terraform.tfvars` [GH-1030]
 
 BUG FIXES: