diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 6203302..3d79dd9 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.17 "" (released xx.xx.2012)
+
+* Added support for Monkey's Audio Compressor handling APE (.ape) files.
+
+
 0.16 "Game of thrones" (released 12.5.2012)
 
 * Document the --outdir option for the extract command.
diff --git a/doc/patool.1 b/doc/patool.1
index ae561e2..78943d0 100644
--- a/doc/patool.1
+++ b/doc/patool.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ files without having to remember a myriad of programs and options.
 The archive format is determined by the file(1) program and as a fallback
 by the archive file extension.
 .PP
-\fBpatool\fP supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), AR (.a),
+\fBpatool\fP supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), APE (.ape), AR (.a),
 ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj),
 BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress (.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), DMS (.dms),
 GZIP (.gz), LRZIP (.lrz), LZH (.lha, .lzh), LZIP (.lz), LZMA (.lzma), LZOP (.lzo),
diff --git a/doc/patool.txt b/doc/patool.txt
index a424d98..bf085b5 100644
--- a/doc/patool.txt
+++ b/doc/patool.txt
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
        The  archive format is determined by the file(1) program and as
        a fallback by the archive file extension.
 
-       patool supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP  (.alz),  AR  (.a),
-       ARC  (.arc),  ARJ  (.arj),  BZIP2  (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress
-       (.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), DMS (.dms), GZIP  (.gz),  LRZIP
-       (.lrz),  LZH  (.lha,  .lzh),  LZIP  (.lz),  LZMA  (.lzma), LZOP
+       patool supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), APE (.ape),
+       AR (.a), ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj), BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), com‐
+       press (.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), DMS (.dms),  GZIP  (.gz),
+       LRZIP  (.lrz), LZH (.lha, .lzh), LZIP (.lz), LZMA (.lzma), LZOP
        (.lzo), RPM (.rpm), RAR (.rar),  RZIP  (.rz),  TAR  (.tar),  XZ
        (.xz),  ZIP  (.zip, .jar) and ZOO (.zoo) formats.  It relies on
        helper applications to handle those archive formats (for  exam‐
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7a9c5e..2a88c17 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ files without having to remember a myriad of programs and options.
 The archive format is determined by the file(1) program and as a
 fallback by the archive file extension.
 
-patool supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), AR (.a), ARC (.arc),
-ARJ (.arj), BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress (.Z), CPIO (.cpio),
+patool supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), APE (.ape), AR (.a),
+ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj), BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress (.Z), CPIO (.cpio),
 DEB (.deb), DMS (.dms), GZIP (.gz), LRZIP (.lrz), LZH (.lha, .lzh), LZIP (.lz),
 LZMA (.lzma), LZOP (.lzo), RPM (.rpm), RAR (.rar), RZIP (.rz), TAR (.tar),
 XZ (.xz), ZIP (.zip, .jar) and ZOO (.zoo) formats. It relies on helper