diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dff7e9a2..ea0c4e68 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - improve the pixel rng
 - add meson build system [tintou]
 - improve introspection annotations [tintou]
+- add @unlimited to heifload [lovell]
 
 26/11/21 started 8.12.3
 - better arg checking for hist_find_ndim [travisbell]
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/heifload.c b/libvips/foreign/heifload.c
index 45c86f20..1b4cea93 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/heifload.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/heifload.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  * 	- move GObject part to heif2vips.c
  * 22/12/21
  * 	- add >8 bit support
+ * 23/2/22 lovell
+ * 	- add @unlimited
  */
 
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