diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
index 65110745423..01edc4c8f5f 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed missing ``get_or_create`` and ``update_or_create`` on related managers
   causing ``IntegrityError`` (:ticket:`23611`).
+
+* Made :func:`~django.utils.http.urlsafe_base64_decode` return the proper
+  type (byte string) on Python 3 (:ticket:`23333`).