diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index bd4c79219c..908f4ca98f 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-03-22  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdk-pixbuf-loader.c: Add some documentation about
+	supported image formats, and how to find out about them.
+	(#335536, Murray Cumming)
+
 2006-03-15  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* ==== Released 2.8.16 ===
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
index d35425b1e9..9f2cf300b0 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
@@ -547,6 +547,12 @@ gdk_pixbuf_loader_new (void)
  * that can't be reliably identified by looking at the data, or if
  * the user manually forces a specific type.
  *
+ * The list of supported image formats depends on what image loaders
+ * are installed, but typically "png", "jpeg", "gif", "tiff" and 
+ * "xpm" are among the supported formats. To obtain the full list of
+ * supported image formats, call gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name() on each 
+ * of the #GdkPixbufFormat structs returned by gdk_pixbuf_get_formats().
+ *
  * Return value: A newly-created pixbuf loader.
  **/
 GdkPixbufLoader *
@@ -584,6 +590,13 @@ gdk_pixbuf_loader_new_with_type (const char *image_type,
  * that can't be reliably identified by looking at the data, or if
  * the user manually forces a specific mime type.
  *
+ * The list of supported mime types depends on what image loaders
+ * are installed, but typically "image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif", 
+ * "image/tiff" and "image/x-xpixmap" are among the supported mime types. 
+ * To obtain the full list of supported mime types, call 
+ * gdk_pixbuf_format_get_mime_types() on each of the #GdkPixbufFormat 
+ * structs returned by gdk_pixbuf_get_formats().
+ *
  * Return value: A newly-created pixbuf loader.
  * Since: 2.4
  **/