diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3616d58..2ea57ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+== 0.9.6
+
+* added paginates_per method for setting default per_page value for each model
+in a declarative way
+  Example:
+  class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
+    paginates_per 10
+  end
+
 == 0.9.5
 
 * works on AR 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 now #4 [danillos]
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index c5f81be..1c570cc 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ To show a lot more users per each page (change the per_page value)
   User.page(7).per(50)
 Note that the :per scope is not directly defined on the models but is just a method defined on the page scope. This is absolutely reasonable because you will never actually use "per_page" without specifying the "page" number.
 
+=== Configuring default per_page value for each model
+
+* paginates_per
+You can specify default per_page value per each model using the following declarative DSL.
+  class User
+    paginates_per 50
+  end
+
 === Controllers
 
 * the page parameter is in params[:page]