diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a7e1f72c..dbf23f0c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 byobu (3.29) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: document PS1 workaround, LP: #525552
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:24:38 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
index 4c066120..2dd15ad8 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ Mac OSX terminal users have reported 'flashing text'.  You can fix this in the a
 
 Users of a non-UTF8 locale (such as cs_CZ charset ISO-8859-2), may need to add "defutf8 off" to \fI~/.screenrc\fP, if some characters are rendering as "?".
 
+Users who customize their PS1 prompt need to put this setting in \fI~/.bashrc\fP, rather than \fI~/.profile\fP, in order for it to work correctly with Byobu.
+
 .SH SEE ALSO
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