diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.4.md b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
index 5172149e0886677341498010434aaf56f3b0d65f..eaab1e0c2a27c39c3f88c92bca7ab9e2828a63ce 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.4.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
@@ -225,4 +225,6 @@ For users:
   - Fixed \ref simplemd so as to call "runFinalJobs" at the end of the simulation.
   - GROMACS patch for gromacs-2016.6.
   - GROMACS patch for gromacs-2018.6.
+  - Added aliases for some actions/options containing dashes (`-`) in their name. This will improve
+    backward compatibility when these actions/options will be removed (see \issue{449}).