diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4492ddfa..7feda55e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-08-15  Frank Lanitz  <frank(at)frank(dot)uvena(dot)de>
+
+ * doc/plugins.dox:
+   Update API version used inside plugin howto to a more recent version
+   (API v211).
+
+
 2011-08-13  Colomban Wendling  <colomban(at)geany(dot)org>
 
  * src/msgwindow.c, src/msgwindow.h, src/ui_utils.c, src/ui_utils.h:
diff --git a/doc/plugins.dox b/doc/plugins.dox
index d9d71010..0fc1e62c 100644
--- a/doc/plugins.dox
+++ b/doc/plugins.dox
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ PLUGIN_SET_INFO("HelloWorld", "Just another tool to say hello world",
  *  need to implement the function that is called when your plugin is unloaded.
  *  These functions are called plugin_init() and plugin_cleanup(). Let's see how it could look like:
  *  @code
-PLUGIN_VERSION_CHECK(147)
+PLUGIN_VERSION_CHECK(211)
 
 PLUGIN_SET_INFO("HelloWorld", "Just another tool to say hello world",
 				"1.0", "Joe Doe <joe.doe@example.org>");
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ GeanyPlugin		*geany_plugin;
 GeanyData		*geany_data;
 GeanyFunctions	*geany_functions;
 
-PLUGIN_VERSION_CHECK(147)
+PLUGIN_VERSION_CHECK(211)
 
 PLUGIN_SET_INFO("HelloWorld", "Just another tool to say hello world",
 				"1.0", "John Doe <john.doe@example.org>");