diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7b22138e..2247e734 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ byobu (3.3) unreleased; urgency=low
   * lib/byobu/network, share/man/man1/byobu.1: clean up binary/decimal
     multipliers for network transfer vs. memory/disk capacities, in
     accordance with industry standards
+  * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: add a note about non-utf8 locales,
+    LP: #613769
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:52:26 -0400
 
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
index 0614aadd..af42203e 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ PuTTY users have reported that the F2, F3, and F4 shortcut keys are not working
 
 Mac OSX terminal users have reported 'flashing text'.  You can fix this in the advanced settings of the terminal application, with 'Declare Terminal As: xterm-color'.
 
+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 "?".
+
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .PD 0
 .TP