diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 5e309a317..9ff854ffa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -173,8 +173,10 @@ Short version
    The test environments above are usually enough to cover most cases locally.
 
 #. Write a ``changelog`` entry: ``changelog/2574.bugfix.rst``, use issue id number
-   and one of ``bugfix``, ``removal``, ``feature``, ``vendor``, ``doc`` or
-   ``trivial`` for the issue type.
+   and one of ``feature``, ``improvement``, ``bugfix``, ``doc``, ``deprecation``,
+   ``breaking``, ``vendor`` or ``trivial`` for the issue type.
+
+
 #. Unless your change is a trivial or a documentation fix (e.g., a typo or reword of a small section) please
    add yourself to the ``AUTHORS`` file, in alphabetical order.
 
@@ -274,8 +276,9 @@ Here is a simple overview, with pytest-specific bits:
 
 #. Create a new changelog entry in ``changelog``. The file should be named ``<issueid>.<type>.rst``,
    where *issueid* is the number of the issue related to the change and *type* is one of
-   ``bugfix``, ``removal``, ``feature``, ``vendor``, ``doc`` or ``trivial``. You may not create a
-   changelog entry if the change doesn't affect the documented behaviour of Pytest.
+   ``feature``, ``improvement``, ``bugfix``, ``doc``, ``deprecation``, ``breaking``, ``vendor``
+   or ``trivial``. You may skip creating the changelog entry if the change doesn't affect the
+   documented behaviour of pytest.
 
 #. Add yourself to ``AUTHORS`` file if not there yet, in alphabetical order.