diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 231458ff..f0871c87 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Clients:
 - Fix `mosquitto_pub -l` hang when stdin stream ends. Closes #1448.
 - Fix `mosquitto_pub -l` not sending the final line of stdin if it does not
   end with a new line. Closes #1473.
+- Make documentation for `mosquitto_pub -l` match reality - blank lines are
+  sent as empty messages. Closes #1474.
 
 Build:
 - Added `CLIENT_STATIC_LDADD` to makefile builds to allow more libraries to be
diff --git a/man/mosquitto_pub.1.xml b/man/mosquitto_pub.1.xml
index 88cd3041..a05a938f 100644
--- a/man/mosquitto_pub.1.xml
+++ b/man/mosquitto_pub.1.xml
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 				<term><option>-l</option></term>
 				<term><option>--stdin-line</option></term>
 				<listitem>
-					<para>Send messages read from stdin, splitting separate lines into separate messages. Note that blank lines won't be sent.</para>
+					<para>Send messages read from stdin, splitting separate lines into separate messages.</para>
 				</listitem>
 			</varlistentry>
 			<varlistentry>