diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index c8b620a..8019387 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #2240: Improved `yii\web\AssetManager::publish()`, `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedPath()` and `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedUrl()` to support aliases (vova07)
 - Enh #2325: Adding support for the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header in `yii\web\Request::getMethod()` (pawzar)
 - Enh #2364: Take into account current error reporting level in error handler (gureedo)
+- Enh #2417: Added possibility to set `dataType` for `$.ajax` call in yii.activeForm.js (Borales)
 - Enh: Added support for using arrays as option values for console commands (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Added `favicon.ico` and `robots.txt` to default application templates (samdark)
 - Enh: Added `Widget::autoIdPrefix` to support prefixing automatically generated widget IDs (qiangxue)
diff --git a/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php b/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php
index e7618ca..abd0a02 100644
--- a/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php
+++ b/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class ActiveForm extends Widget
 	public $ajaxVar = 'ajax';
 	/**
 	 * @var string the type of data that you're expecting back from the server.
+	 * @since 2.0
 	 */
 	public $ajaxDataType = 'json';
 	/**