diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 18aea199cd635..4f1e23c476185 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Standard library changes
   * `range` now accept `stop` as a positional argument ([#28708]).
   * `parse(Bool, str)` is now supported ([#29997]).
   * `copyto!(::AbstractMatrix, ::UniformScaling)` supports rectangular matrices now ([#28790]).
+  * In `put!(c::Channel{T}, v)`, `v` now gets converted to `T` as `put!` is being called ([#29092]).
 
 Compiler/Runtime improvements
 -----------------------------
diff --git a/base/channels.jl b/base/channels.jl
index f43d74f75c921..090fad3ad877f 100644
--- a/base/channels.jl
+++ b/base/channels.jl
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ Append an item `v` to the channel `c`. Blocks if the channel is full.
 
 For unbuffered channels, blocks until a [`take!`](@ref) is performed by a different
 task.
+
+!!! compat "Julia 1.1"
+    `v` now gets converted to the channel's type with [`convert`](@ref) as `put!` is called.
 """
 function put!(c::Channel{T}, v) where T
     check_channel_state(c)