diff --git a/reference/intl/dateformatter/format.xml b/reference/intl/dateformatter/format.xml
index 051b798e85..487ae627c6 100644
--- a/reference/intl/dateformatter/format.xml
+++ b/reference/intl/dateformatter/format.xml
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
      <term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Value to format. Can be <type>integer</type> for an Unix timestamp value (seconds since epoch, UTC) or 
-       <type>array</type> for a <function>localtime</function> array.
+       Value to format. This may be a <classname>DateTime</classname> object,
+       an <type>integer</type> representing a Unix timestamp value (seconds
+       since epoch, UTC) or an <type>array</type> in the format output by
+       <function>localtime</function>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -61,6 +63,31 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
  
+ <refsect1 role="changelog">
+  &reftitle.changelog;
+  <para>
+   <informaltable>
+    <tgroup cols="2">
+     <thead>
+      <row>
+       <entry>&Version;</entry>
+       <entry>&Description;</entry>
+      </row>
+     </thead>
+     <tbody>
+      <row>
+       <entry>5.3.4</entry>
+       <entry>
+        Support for providing <classname>DateTime</classname> objects to the
+        <parameter>value</parameter> parameter was added.
+       </entry>
+      </row>
+     </tbody>
+    </tgroup>
+   </informaltable>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="examples">
   &reftitle.examples;
    <example>