diff --git a/docs/src/common_links.inc b/docs/src/common_links.inc
index 3a329fe40b..a49a98bfa6 100644
--- a/docs/src/common_links.inc
+++ b/docs/src/common_links.inc
@@ -79,5 +79,6 @@
 .. _@stephenworsley: https://github.com/stephenworsley
 .. _@tkknight: https://github.com/tkknight
 .. _@trexfeathers: https://github.com/trexfeathers
+.. _@ukmo-ccbunney: https://github.com/ukmo-ccbunney
 .. _@wjbenfold: https://github.com/wjbenfold
 .. _@zklaus: https://github.com/zklaus
diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index 289b096fb8..2eb6c2c915 100644
--- a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
    equality methods to :class:`iris.io.format_picker.FormatAgent`, as requested
    in :issue:`6108`, actioned in :pull:`6119`.
 
+#. `@ukmo-ccbunney`_ added ``colorbar`` keyword to allow optional creation of
+   the colorbar in the following quickplot methods:
+
+   * :meth:`iris.quickplot.contourf`
+
+   * :meth:`iris.quickplot.pcolor`
+
+   * :meth:`iris.quickplot.pcolormesh`
+
+   Requested in :issue:`5970`, actioned in :pull:`6169`.
+
 
 🐛 Bugs Fixed
 =============