diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e023b12dcbc00b759a01d9cc97f7a611cbe03542..5960160f1185f09e4cf83f5781b90cb4aba7aa8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-# v2.23.2
\ No newline at end of file
+# v2.23.2
+
+* minor changes to DictObject's documentation
diff --git a/satella/coding/structures/dictionaries/dict_object.py b/satella/coding/structures/dictionaries/dict_object.py
index 268c086e1355621bb4d2f8a567297cf56e6821ec..97578f7419d3f209404f9218de680dd9590e9693 100644
--- a/satella/coding/structures/dictionaries/dict_object.py
+++ b/satella/coding/structures/dictionaries/dict_object.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class DictObject(dict):
     """
     A dictionary wrapper that can be accessed by attributes.
 
+    Note that it still remains a completely valid dictionary!
+
     You can use keys different than strings, but they will be inaccessible as attributes, and
     you will have to do subscription to get them.
 
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ class DictObject(dict):
 
     >>> a = DictObject({'test': 5})
     >>> self.assertEqual(a.test, 5)
+    >>> self.assertEqual(a['test'], 5)
     """
 
     def __copy__(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_coding/test_structures.py b/tests/test_coding/test_structures.py
index 878a76babb84951ecad79dfb938718750d3cf2ee..a5748928e5260e10dae75fd5d884b552d3f35eb3 100644
--- a/tests/test_coding/test_structures.py
+++ b/tests/test_coding/test_structures.py
@@ -497,8 +497,11 @@ class TestStructures(unittest.TestCase):
         b = DictObject(a)
         b.c = 4
         self.assertEqual(b.a, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(b['a'], 5)
         self.assertEqual(b.k, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(b['k'], 3)
         self.assertEqual(b.c, 4)
+        self.assertEqual(b['c'], 4)
 
         self.assertIn('DictObject', str(b))
         self.assertIn('DictObject', repr(b))