diff --git a/ietf/doc/admin.py b/ietf/doc/admin.py
index 5d4ebdb05..a9e81a749 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/admin.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/admin.py
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ class StatesField(forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField):
     
 class DocumentForm(forms.ModelForm):
     states = StatesField(queryset=State.objects.all(), required=False)
+    comment_about_changes = forms.CharField(
+        widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'rows':10,'cols':40,'class':'vLargeTextField'}),
+        help_text="This comment about the changes made will be saved in the document history.")
     
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(DocumentForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -100,6 +103,15 @@ class DocumentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     inlines = [DocAliasInline, DocAuthorInline, RelatedDocumentInline, ]
     form = DocumentForm
 
+    def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
+        e = DocEvent.objects.create(
+                doc=obj,
+                by=request.user.person,
+                type='changed_document',
+                desc=form.cleaned_data.get('comment_about_changes'),
+            )
+        obj.save_with_history([e])
+
     def state(self, instance):
         return self.get_state()