diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3b4d7804..beee4668 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ CHANGELOG
 **Breaking Changes**
 
 - Drop Python 2 support
+- The default JSON renderer does not use ``simplejson.dumps()`` by default anymore, so the requirement has been dropped.
+
+Please refer to `upgrading docs <https://cornice.readthedocs.io/en/stable/upgrading.html>`_ for detailed migration instructions.
+
 
 4.0.1 (2019-12-02)
 ==================
diff --git a/docs/source/upgrading.rst b/docs/source/upgrading.rst
index f391f60e..75d55db9 100644
--- a/docs/source/upgrading.rst
+++ b/docs/source/upgrading.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 Upgrading
 #########
 
+4.X to 5.X
+==========
+
+Upgrade your codebase to Python 3.
+
+In order to keep using ``simplejson`` with this release, add it explicitly as your project dependencies, and set it explicitly as the default renderer:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import simplejson
+    from cornice.render import CorniceRenderer
+
+    class SimpleJSONRenderer(CorniceRenderer):
+        def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+            kwargs["serializer"] = simplejson.dumps
+
+    config.add_renderer(None, SimpleJSONRenderer())
+
+See https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/latest/narr/renderers.html
+
+
+3.X to 4.X
+==========
+
+``request.validated`` is now always a ``colander.MappingSchema`` instance (``dict``) when using ``colander_*_validator()`` functions. 
+
+In order to use a different type (eg. ``SequenceSchema``), use ``colander_validator()`` and read it from ``request.validated['body']``.
+
+
 2.X to 3.X
 ==========