diff --git a/changelog.d/12370.bugfix b/changelog.d/12370.bugfix
index 97dca978292b..402e36a5ef89 100644
--- a/changelog.d/12370.bugfix
+++ b/changelog.d/12370.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fix `/messages` returning backfilled and [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/12319) historic messages our of order.
+Update `/messages` to use historic pagination tokens by default.