diff --git a/src/docs/about/README.md b/src/docs/about/README.md
index 29454afc1..de68724f3 100644
--- a/src/docs/about/README.md
+++ b/src/docs/about/README.md
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ so Shadow was published there.
 * [Petar Petrov](https://github.com/petarov)
 * [Mark Vieira](https://github.com/mark-vieira)
 * [James Nelson](https://github.com/JamesXNelson)
+* [Roberto Perez Alcolea](https://github.com/rpalcolea)
diff --git a/src/docs/changes/README.md b/src/docs/changes/README.md
index a9bee6af6..cccc8d7e5 100644
--- a/src/docs/changes/README.md
+++ b/src/docs/changes/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## v5.0.0 (2019-01-19)
 * Require Gradle 5.0+
 * Fix issue with build classifier `-all` being dropped in Gradle 5.1+
+* [Roberto Perez Alcolea](https://github.com/rpalcolea) - Exclude project dependencies from minimization [#420](https://github.com/johnrengelman/shadow/pull/420)
 
 
 ## v4.0.4 (2019-01-19)
diff --git a/src/docs/configuration/minimizing/README.md b/src/docs/configuration/minimizing/README.md
index fba428179..8f7dfb65e 100644
--- a/src/docs/configuration/minimizing/README.md
+++ b/src/docs/configuration/minimizing/README.md
@@ -23,3 +23,16 @@ shadowJar {
 ```
 
 > Dependencies scoped as `api` will automatically excluded from minimization and used as "entry points" on minimization.
+
+Similar to dependencies, projects can also be excluded.
+
+```groovy
+shadowJar {
+    minimize {
+        exclude(project(":client"))
+    }
+}
+```
+
+> When excluding a `project`, all dependencies of the excluded `project` are automatically
+  excluded as well.
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