diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c45ac7abb..24694debd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 BUG FIXES:
 
+ * api: added missing namespace field to scaling status GET response object [[GH-8527](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/8527)]
  * api: do not allow submission of jobs of type `system` that include task groups with scaling stanzas [[GH-8481](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/8481)]
 
 ## 0.12.1 (July 23, 2020)
diff --git a/website/pages/api-docs/jobs.mdx b/website/pages/api-docs/jobs.mdx
index 7abe15e95..29b0bfdf7 100644
--- a/website/pages/api-docs/jobs.mdx
+++ b/website/pages/api-docs/jobs.mdx
@@ -1767,6 +1767,7 @@ $ curl \
 {
   "JobCreateIndex": 10,
   "JobID": "example",
+  "Namespace": "default",
   "JobModifyIndex": 18,
   "JobStopped": false,
   "TaskGroups": {