diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
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--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+* 2.2.1 (Not released)
+    * Added AVATAR_GRAVATAR_FIELD setting to define the user field to get the gravatar email.
+
 * 2.2.0 (December 2, 2015)
     * Added Python 3.5 support
     * Added Django 1.9 support
diff --git a/docs/index.txt b/docs/index.txt
index 43e2a4ad..021a387b 100644
--- a/docs/index.txt
+++ b/docs/index.txt
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ AVATAR_DEFAULT_URL
     and there is no ``Avatar`` instance found in the system for the given user.
 
 AVATAR_GRAVATAR_FIELD
-    The name of the user's field containing the gravatar email. Defaults to
-    ``email``. If you put, for example, ``gravatar``, django-avatar will get the
-    user's gravatar in ``user.gravatar``.
+    The name of the user's field containing the gravatar email. For example, if you set
+    this to ``gravatar`` then django-avatar will get the user's gravatar in ``user.gravatar``.
+    Defaults to ``email``.
 
 AVATAR_MAX_SIZE
     File size limit for avatar upload. Default is ``1024 * 1024`` (1mb).