diff --git a/reference/mysqlnd_ms/changes.xml b/reference/mysqlnd_ms/changes.xml
index af3a39970a..f20c6ff886 100644
--- a/reference/mysqlnd_ms/changes.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqlnd_ms/changes.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,56 @@
   for a complete list of changes.
  </para>
 
+ <section xml:id="mysqlnd-ms.changes-one-four">
+  <title xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">PECL/mysqlnd_ms 1.4 series</title>
+  <para>
+   1.4.0-alpha
+   <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+     <simpara>
+      Release dates: under development
+     </simpara>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+     <simpara>
+      Motto/theme: Tweaking based on user feedback
+     </simpara>
+    </listitem>
+   </itemizedlist>
+  </para>
+  <note>
+   <para>
+     This is the current development series. All
+     features are at an early stage. Changes may happen at any time without
+     prior notice. Please, do not use this version in production environments.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     The documentation may not reflect all changes yet.
+    </para>
+  </note>
+  <para>
+   Feature changes
+   <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+    <para>
+      BC break: Renamed plugin configuration setting <literal>ini_file</literal>
+      to <literal>config_file</literal>. In early versions the plugin configuration
+      file used ini style. Back then the configuration setting was named accordingly.
+      It has now been renamed to reflect the newer file format and to distinguish it
+      from PHP's own ini file (configuration directives file).
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Introduced new default charset setting <literal>offline_server_charset</literal>
+      to allow proper escaping before a connection
+      is opened. This is most useful when using lazy connections, which are a default.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </itemizedlist>
+  </para>
+ </section>
+
  <section xml:id="mysqlnd-ms.changes-one-three">
   <title xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">PECL/mysqlnd_ms 1.3 series</title>
   <para>
@@ -29,17 +79,6 @@
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
   </para>
-  <para>
-   Feature changes
-   <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem>
-     <para>
-      Introduced new default charset to allow proper escaping before a connection
-      is opened. This is most useful when using lazy connections, which are a default.
-     </para>
-    </listitem>
-   </itemizedlist>
-  </para>
   <para>
    Bug fixes
    <itemizedlist>
@@ -93,13 +132,6 @@
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
   </para>
-  <note>
-   <para>
-     This is the current development series. All
-     features are at an early stage. Changes may happen at any time without
-     prior notice. Please, do not use this version in production environments.
-    </para>
-  </note>
   <para>
    The 1.3 series aims to improve the performance of applications
    and the overall load of an asynchronous MySQL cluster, for example, a MySQL