diff --git a/doc/changelog.asciidoc b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
index 392c88606..9f8cc9736 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Changed
   `greasemonkey` subdirectories of e.g. `~/.config/qutebrowser/`) rather than only
   the data directory (the same subdirectories of e.g.
   `~/.local/share/qutebrowser/`).
+- The `:later` command now understands a time specification like `5m` or
+  `1h5m2s`, rather than just taking milliseconds.
 
 Fixed
 ~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
index f31283e9c..5e3395931 100644
--- a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
@@ -786,12 +786,12 @@ Jump to the mark named by `key`.
 
 [[later]]
 === later
-Syntax: +:later 'ms' 'command'+
+Syntax: +:later 'duration' 'command'+
 
 Execute a command after some time.
 
 ==== positional arguments
-* +'ms'+: How many milliseconds to wait.
+* +'duration'+: Duration to wait in format XhYmZs or a number for milliseconds.
 * +'command'+: The command to run, with optional args.
 
 ==== note