diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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index 000000000..bef93f09b
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+A changelog is kept per crate, see:
+
+- [`bitcoin` CHANGELOG](bitcoin/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`addresses` CHANGELOG](addresses/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`base58` CHANGELOG](base58/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`hashes` CHANGELOG](hashes/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`internals` CHANGELOG](internals/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`io` CHANGELOG](io/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`primitives` CHANGELOG](primitives/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`units` CHANGELOG](units/CHANGELOG.md)
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -202,9 +202,14 @@ Our code is public domain so by all means fork it and go wild :)
 
 Release notes are done per crate, see:
 
-- [bitcoin CHANGELOG](bitcoin/CHANGELOG.md)
-- [hashes CHANGELOG](hashes/CHANGELOG.md)
-- [internals CHANGELOG](internals/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`bitcoin` CHANGELOG](bitcoin/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`addresses` CHANGELOG](addresses/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`base58` CHANGELOG](base58/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`hashes` CHANGELOG](hashes/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`internals` CHANGELOG](internals/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`io` CHANGELOG](io/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`primitives` CHANGELOG](primitives/CHANGELOG.md)
+- [`units` CHANGELOG](units/CHANGELOG.md)
 
 
 ## Licensing