diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS b/release-notes/CREDITS
index 4b65f260cc..c0cd77dcbf 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS
@@ -81,3 +81,6 @@ Lokesh Kumar N (LokeshN@github)
   * Contributed fix for #117: Support for missing values (non-compliant JSON)
    (2.8.0)
 
+Mikael Staldal (mikaelstaldal@github)
+  * Contributed fix for #265: `JsonStringEncoder` should allow passing `CharSequence`
+   (2.8.0)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 01bddc0dcd..5e47a19691 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ JSON library.
  (suggested by Gregoire C)
 #255: Relax ownership checks for buffers not to require increase in size
 #257: Add `writeStartObject(Object pojo)` to streamline assignment of current value
+#265: `JsonStringEncoder` should allow passing `CharSequence`
+ (contributed by Mikael S)
 #280: Add `JsonParser.finishToken()` to force full, non-lazy reading of current token
 
 2.7.4 (not yet released)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/JsonStringEncoder.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/JsonStringEncoder.java
index b4ccbf9077..521237fd4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/JsonStringEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/JsonStringEncoder.java
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ public char[] quoteAsString(String input)
     /**
      * Method that will quote text contents using JSON standard quoting,
      * and return results as a character array
-     *
      * Use this variant if you have e.g. a {@link StringBuilder} and want to avoid superfluous copying of it.
+     *
+     * @since 2.8
      */
     public char[] quoteCharSequenceAsString(CharSequence input)
     {