diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a8aa5ae32..821726ea2 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ Duodu Randy <duodurandy19@gmail.com>
 
 Christian Wappler <chri.wapp@gmail.com>
 
-Chris Sewell <chrisj_sewell@hotmail.com>
\ No newline at end of file
+Chris Sewell <chrisj_sewell@hotmail.com>
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 7e2fcf3eb..031c43362 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Released: under development
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 Released: 16.08.2023
 
+* Improvement: Reduce document build time, by memoizing the inline parse in ``build_need`` (`#968 <https://github.com/useblocks/sphinx-needs/pull/968>`_)
 
 1.3.0
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