diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 42732d1560..22b04ce703 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 - Add a marshalled search index consumable by sherlodoc (@EmileTrotignon, @panglesd, #1084)
 - Add a `--index` argument to pass indexes to the document generation, currently
   used for sidebar (@panglesd, #1145)
+- Allow referencing of polymorphic constructors in polymorphic variant type
+  aliases (@panglesd, #1115)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/doc/ocamldoc_differences.mld b/doc/ocamldoc_differences.mld
index 507ea754f6..5c1ce16d7a 100644
--- a/doc/ocamldoc_differences.mld
+++ b/doc/ocamldoc_differences.mld
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ Additionally we support extra annotations:
 - [page] refers to [.mld] pages as outlined above
 - [value] is recognised as [val]
 
+Moreover, [odoc] adds support for referencing of polymorphic variants in type
+aliases such as [type t = [ `A ]]. The [constructor] annotation is extended for
+polymorphic variants.
+
 {3 Referencing items containing hyphens or dots}
 
 If it is necessary to reference a reference that contains hyphens or dots - e.g. if you have a file [docs-with-dashes.mld] or
diff --git a/doc/odoc_for_authors.mld b/doc/odoc_for_authors.mld
index 2f25b9ff36..e17d4e55c3 100644
--- a/doc/odoc_for_authors.mld
+++ b/doc/odoc_for_authors.mld
@@ -402,7 +402,9 @@ The prefixes supported are:
 - [type]
 - [exception] (and the equivalent deprecated prefix [exn])
 - [method]
-- [constructor] (and the equivalent deprecated prefix [const])
+- [constructor] (and the equivalent deprecated prefix [const]) both for normal
+  constructors and polymorphic constructors defined in a type alias. The
+  backtick [`] in polumorphic constructor is optional.
 - [extension]
 - [extension-decl] for refering to the declaration point of an extension constructor
 - [field] (and the equivalent deprecated prefix [recfield])