diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cf814bc2ad..6a64986134 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sat May  8 22:50:55 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
+
+	* gtk/gtkactiongroup.c (gtk_action_group_set_translation_domain): 
+	Add a note regarding UTF-8 requirements, proposed by 
+	Mariano Suárez-Alvarez.
+
 Sat May  8 22:43:11 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
 	* gtk/gtktearoffmenuitem.h: 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index cf814bc2ad..6a64986134 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sat May  8 22:50:55 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
+
+	* gtk/gtkactiongroup.c (gtk_action_group_set_translation_domain): 
+	Add a note regarding UTF-8 requirements, proposed by 
+	Mariano Suárez-Alvarez.
+
 Sat May  8 22:43:11 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
 	* gtk/gtktearoffmenuitem.h: 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index cf814bc2ad..6a64986134 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sat May  8 22:50:55 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
+
+	* gtk/gtkactiongroup.c (gtk_action_group_set_translation_domain): 
+	Add a note regarding UTF-8 requirements, proposed by 
+	Mariano Suárez-Alvarez.
+
 Sat May  8 22:43:11 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
 	* gtk/gtktearoffmenuitem.h: 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index cf814bc2ad..6a64986134 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sat May  8 22:50:55 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
+
+	* gtk/gtkactiongroup.c (gtk_action_group_set_translation_domain): 
+	Add a note regarding UTF-8 requirements, proposed by 
+	Mariano Suárez-Alvarez.
+
 Sat May  8 22:43:11 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
 	* gtk/gtktearoffmenuitem.h: 
diff --git a/gtk/gtkactiongroup.c b/gtk/gtkactiongroup.c
index 8af5aaead0..8c8c282fcc 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkactiongroup.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkactiongroup.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,10 @@ dgettext_swapped (const gchar *msgid,
  * 
  * Sets the translation domain and uses dgettext() for translating the 
  * @label and @tooltip of #GtkActionEntry<!-- -->s added by 
- * gtk_action_group_add_actions().
+ * gtk_action_group_add_actions(). Note that GTK+ expects all strings
+ * to be encoded in UTF-8, therefore the translation domain must have
+ * its codeset set to UTF-8, see bind_textdomain_codeset() in the 
+ * gettext() documentation. 
  *
  * If you're not using gettext() for localization, see 
  * gtk_action_group_set_translate_func().