diff --git a/bin/Cargo.toml b/bin/Cargo.toml
index ecb031a..180b0dc 100644
--- a/bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ name = "data-encoding"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-data-encoding = { version = "2.6.0", path = "../lib" }
+data-encoding = { version = "2.6.1-git", path = "../lib" }
 getopts = "0.2"
diff --git a/lib/CHANGELOG.md b/lib/CHANGELOG.md
index d8ebdb6..4e4414b 100644
--- a/lib/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/lib/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.6.1-git
+
+### Patch
+
+- Improve documentation of `Encoding::decode_len()` (fixes #111)
+
 ## 2.6.0
 
 ### Minor
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 1665c2d..fcdc877 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "data-encoding"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1-git"
 authors = ["Julien Cretin <git@ia0.eu>"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/lib/macro/Cargo.toml b/lib/macro/Cargo.toml
index 7c6b04e..78ab99b 100644
--- a/lib/macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "data-encoding-macro"
-version = "0.1.15"
+version = "0.1.16-git"
 authors = ["Julien Cretin <cretin@google.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2018"
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ description = "Macros for data-encoding"
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "LICENSE", "README.md", "src/lib.rs"]
 
 [dependencies]
-data-encoding = { version = "2.6.0", path = "..", default-features = false }
-data-encoding-macro-internal = { version = "0.1.13", path = "internal" }
+data-encoding = { version = "2.6.1-git", path = "..", default-features = false }
+data-encoding-macro-internal = { version = "0.1.14-git", path = "internal" }
diff --git a/lib/macro/internal/Cargo.toml b/lib/macro/internal/Cargo.toml
index 5f6093f..f39a829 100644
--- a/lib/macro/internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/macro/internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "data-encoding-macro-internal"
-version = "0.1.13"
+version = "0.1.14-git"
 authors = ["Julien Cretin <cretin@google.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2018"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include = ["Cargo.toml", "LICENSE", "README.md", "src/lib.rs"]
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies.data-encoding]
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1-git"
 path = "../.."
 default-features = false
 features = ["alloc"]
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index a18e6c2..8ea7ed1 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -1393,9 +1393,10 @@ impl Encoding {
         unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(output) }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the decoded length of an input of length `len`
+    /// Returns the maximum decoded length of an input of length `len`
     ///
-    /// See [`decode_mut`] for when to use it.
+    /// See [`decode_mut`] for when to use it. In particular, the actual decoded length might be
+    /// smaller if the actual input contains padding or ignored characters.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///