diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 884c5dec9..7a435253f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dhat-heap.json
 /docs/config/lua/wezterm.gui/index.md
 /docs/config/lua/wezterm.mux/index.md
 /docs/config/lua/wezterm.procinfo/index.md
+/docs/config/lua/wezterm.serde/index.md
 /docs/config/lua/wezterm.time/index.md
 /docs/config/lua/wezterm.time/Time/index.md
 /docs/config/lua/wezterm.url/index.md
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 0508ed63c..8a33d73cb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ As features stabilize some brief notes about them will accumulate here.
   deprecated; it no longer has any effect and will be removed in a future
   release.
 #### New
+* [wezterm.serde](config/lua/wezterm.serde/index.md) module for serialization
+  and deserialization of JSON, TOML and YAML. Thanks to @expnn! #4969
 #### Fixed
 * Race condition when very quickly adjusting font scale. Thanks to @jknockel!
   #4876