--- a/changelog	Wed Mar 12 18:46:12 2014 +0100
+++ b/changelog	Wed Mar 12 19:15:00 2014 +0100
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 ----------
 Version 5.5.0-xxx:
 - bug fixes
+- General
+  -- changed the eric mascot to be a Python (i.e. the snake). New icons
+     and pixmaps provided by Thimo Kraemer.
 - Checkers
   -- updated pyflakes to version 0.7.3
 - Editor