diff --git a/.changeset/clean-bottles-drive.md b/.changeset/clean-bottles-drive.md
index a48d4570d24b..cb9c6af51e52 100644
--- a/.changeset/clean-bottles-drive.md
+++ b/.changeset/clean-bottles-drive.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
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-'astro': minor
+'astro': patch
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-Update `Astro.slots` API with new public `has` and `render` methods.
+Update `Astro.slots` API with new public `has` and `render` methods. 
+
+This is a backwards-compatible change—`Astro.slots.default` will still be `true` if the component has been passed a `default` slot.
 
 ```ts
 if (Astro.slots.has("default")) {