diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a475c47de83cfb200557b7f2e5ab06735ea3b653..333402aef5986308413c3bffb751b04e8c154a8f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Darshan-3.1.3-pre1
 * skip instrumentation attempts for anonymous mmap() calls; this avoids a
   potentential deadlock condition when used with hugepages on Cray systems.
   Reported by Glenn Lockwood and Cristian Simarro.
+* disable HDF5 module by default unless enabled using --enable-HDF5-post-1.10
+  or --enable-HDF5-pre-1.10 configure arguments.  These options
+  vary the wrapper prototypes to match the corresponding HDF5 library ABI.
+  The initial patch for HDF5 1.10 compatibility was contributed by 
+  Karl-Ulrich Bamberg.
 
 Darshan-3.1.2
 =============
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/doc/darshan-runtime.txt b/darshan-runtime/doc/darshan-runtime.txt
index 5b7a5e3313512a720f321182540c6967f7e64cca..19f05b50000ee20fc9471b2aacead03fd769c557 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/doc/darshan-runtime.txt
+++ b/darshan-runtime/doc/darshan-runtime.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ header and library.
 and only builds if BG/Q environment detected).
 * `--enable-group-readable-logs`: sets darshan log file permissions to allow
 group read access.
+* `--enable-HDF5-pre-1.10`: enables the Darshan HDF5 instrumentation module,
+with support for HDF5 versions prior to 1.10
+* `--enable-HDF5-post-1.10`: enables the Darshan HDF5 instrumentation module,
+with support for HDF5 versions 1.10 or higher
 
 === Cross compilation