diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 76ae02ba3da..7806877c6f5 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 	* woman.el (woman-if-body): When processing an .el block,
 	do not delete the next .el block as well.  (Bug#9447)
-	(woman-special-characters): Add oq and cq quote characters.
+	(woman-special-characters): Add oq, cq, and hy characters.
 
 2011-09-08  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
diff --git a/lisp/woman.el b/lisp/woman.el
index b1b067b291f..75a36d6ac36 100644
--- a/lisp/woman.el
+++ b/lisp/woman.el
@@ -2945,6 +2945,7 @@ interpolated by `\*x' and `\*(xx' escapes."
     ("ti" "~")
     ("oq" "‘")                          ; u2018
     ("cq" "’")                          ; u2019
+    ("hy" "‐")                          ; u2010
     )
   "Alist of special character codes with ASCII and extended-font equivalents.
 Each alist elements has the form