diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/mpi_read_negative_zero.txt b/ChangeLog.d/mpi_read_negative_zero.txt
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+Bugfix
+   * mbedtls_mpi_read_string on "-0" produced an MPI object that was not treated
+     as equal to 0 in all cases. Fix it to produce the same object as "0".