diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 85274a2a78..5d8280b232 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5620.	[bug]		Named would overwrite a zone file unconditionally when
+			it recovered from a corrupted journal. [GL #2623]
+
 5619.	[protocol]	Implement draft-vandijk-dnsop-nsec-ttl, updating the
 			protocol such that NSEC(3) TTL values are set to the
 			minimum of the SOA MINIMUM value and the SOA TTL.
diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
index 028dc6f829..b9dbae2b1c 100644
--- a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
+++ b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
@@ -89,3 +89,6 @@ Bug Fixes
   values if the RRset was still marked a stale but the ``max-stale-ttl`` has
   passed (and is actually an RRset awaiting cleanup). Both issues have now
   been fixed. [GL #389] [GL #2289]
+
+- ``named`` would overwrite a zone file unconditionally when it recovered from
+  a corrupted journal. [GL #2623]