diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 75f66b0b9..2f43698ef 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Daniel Nuri
 Dave Hunt
 David Mohr
 Eduardo Schettino
+Eric Siegerman
 Florian Bruhin
 Edison Gustavo Muenz
 Floris Bruynooghe
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cba430e14..1eec84776 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 2.8.0.dev (compared to 2.7.X)
 -----------------------------
 
+- partial fix for issue500: color the summary bar yellow for warning
+  situations, including the case where no tests were run
+
 - fix issue713: JUnit XML reports for doctest failures.
   Thanks Punyashloka Biswal.