diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 82da849a03..b4aa2906e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ modules are added.
 
 * Don't emit ``import-error`` if import guarded behind ``if sys.version_info >= (x, x)``
 
+* Fix incompatibility with Python 3.6.0 caused by ``typing.Counter`` and ``typing.NoReturn`` usage
+
+  Closes #4412
+
 
 What's New in Pylint 2.8.2?
 ===========================
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst
index 8f5bd43f2f..0a353d68ef 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ Other Changes
 * The output messages for ``arguments-differ`` error message have been customized based on the different error cases.
 
 * New option ``--fail-on=<msg ids>`` to return non-zero exit codes regardless of ``fail-under`` value.
+
+* Fix incompatibility with Python 3.6.0 caused by ``typing.Counter`` and ``typing.NoReturn`` usage