diff --git a/language/oop5/changelog.xml b/language/oop5/changelog.xml
index 1753f52881..ad5dce71f7 100644
--- a/language/oop5/changelog.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/changelog.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
+     <row>
+      <entry>7.0.0</entry>
+      <entry>
+       Defining (compatible) properties in two used traits no longer triggers an error.
+      </entry>
+     </row>
      <row>
       <entry>5.6.0</entry>
       <entry>
        Added: The <link linkend="object.debuginfo">__debugInfo()</link> method.
       </entry>
      </row>
-	 <row>
+     <row>
       <entry>5.5.0</entry>
       <entry>
        Added: The <link linkend="language.oop5.basic.class.class">::class</link> magic constant.
diff --git a/language/oop5/traits.xml b/language/oop5/traits.xml
index 677b8267e3..0737cd95ee 100644
--- a/language/oop5/traits.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/traits.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
    composition of behavior; that is, the application of class members without
    requiring inheritance.
   </para>
-
   <example xml:id="language.oop5.traits.basicexample">
     <title>Trait example</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
@@ -240,6 +239,13 @@ class Aliased_Talker {
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
+   <note>
+    <para>
+     Prior to PHP 7.0, defining a property in a class with the same name as in a trait
+     would throw an <constant>E_STRICT</constant> if the class definition was compatible 
+     (same visibility and initial value).
+    </para>
+   </note>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 xml:id="language.oop5.traits.visibility">