diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/virtualenv.update b/changes/changelog.d/virtualenv.update
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..553aa2145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/virtualenv.update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+With this update Funkwhale starts using poetry to maintain its dependencies. We therefore recommend
+removing the old virtualenv by running `rm -rf /srv/funkwhale/virtualenv`.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75d021050..d0e6839be 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,5 +47,10 @@
         name = "Removal"
         showcontent = true
 
+    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
+        directory = "update"
+        name = "Update instructions"
+        showcontent = true
+
 [tool.black]
     exclude = "(.git|.hg|.mypy_cache|.tox|.venv|_build|buck-out|build|dist|migrations|data)"