diff --git a/vim-update.sh b/vim-update.sh
index dc3a892..c0854a9 100755
--- a/vim-update.sh
+++ b/vim-update.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ fi
 
 MAJORVERSION=`grep "define baseversion" vim.spec | cut -d ' ' -f 3`
 MAJORVERDIR=$(echo $MAJORVERSION | sed -e 's/\.//')
+EPOCH=`grep "Epoch:" vim.spec | cut -d ':' -f 2`
+PACKAGER=`rpmdev-packager`
 ORIGPL=`grep "define patchlevel" vim.spec | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | sed -e "s/^0*//g"`
 ORIGPLFILLED=`printf "%03d" $ORIGPL`
 
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ cp -f vim-upstream/dist/vim-${UPSTREAMMAJOR}-${LASTPLFILLED}.tar.bz2 .
 #wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ignatenkobrain/vim-spec-plugin/master/ftplugin/spec.vim -O ftplugin-spec.vim
 #wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ignatenkobrain/vim-spec-plugin/master/syntax/spec.vim -O syntax-spec.vim
 if [ $CHANGES -ne 0 ]; then
-   CHLOG="* $DATE Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> $UPSTREAMMAJOR"
+   CHLOG="* $DATE $PACKAGER - $EPOCH:$UPSTREAMMAJOR"
    $debug sed -i -e "/Release: /cRelease: 1%{?dist}" $SPEC
    if [ "x$MAJORVERSION" != "x$UPSTREAMMAJOR" ]; then
       $debug sed -i -s "s/define baseversion $MAJORVERSION/define baseversion $UPSTREAMMAJOR/" $SPEC
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 324b4e8..ee4d1d9 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Summary: The VIM editor
 URL:     http://www.vim.org/
 Name: vim
 Version: %{baseversion}.%{patchlevel}
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 License: Vim
 Source0: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-%{baseversion}-%{patchlevel}.tar.bz2
 Source1: vim.sh
@@ -772,6 +772,9 @@ touch %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/doc/tags
 %{_datadir}/icons/locolor/*/apps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 11 2018 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 2:8.1.119-8
+- add packager and epoch into update script to have better changelog
+
 * Wed Jul 11 2018 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 2:8.1.119-7
 - use %%{__python3} macro for defining shebang in python3 tests