diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 926d6a5cba4..2bd0d70b558 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Bug fixes
 - Fix test suite failure caused by changes to ``pandas.cut`` function (:issue:`1386`).
 By `Ryan Abernathey <https://github.com/rabernat>`_.
 
+- Tutorial datasets are now checked against a reference MD5 sum to confirm
+  successful download (:issue:`13921). By `Matthew Gidden
+  <https://github.com/gidden>`_.
+
 .. _whats-new.0.9.5:
 
 v0.9.5 (17 April, 2017)