diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7af416a5fe..ab481d73c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 NEW:
 	All Mods:
-		Added the ability to place map beacons for highlighting areas to teammates.
+		Added the ability to place map beacons for highlighting areas to teammates (Hotkey: F9).
+		The default pause hotkey has changed to F8.
 		Structures under attack and friendly superweapon launch targets will now be highlighted on the radar.
 		Fixed unloading passengers moving unnecessarily far from their transport.
 		Fixed the unload cursor sometimes being displayed for transports even when they were unable to unload.
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
index d320d8eb9b..f1804f9fda 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs
@@ -147,9 +147,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 		public Hotkey SelectAllUnitsKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.A, Modifiers.Ctrl);
 		public Hotkey SelectUnitsByTypeKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.T, Modifiers.Ctrl);
 
-		public Hotkey PlaceBeaconKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.B, Modifiers.Ctrl);
-
-		public Hotkey PauseKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.F9, Modifiers.None);
+		public Hotkey PauseKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.F8, Modifiers.None);
+		public Hotkey PlaceBeaconKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.F9, Modifiers.None);
 		public Hotkey SellKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.F10, Modifiers.None);
 		public Hotkey PowerDownKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.F11, Modifiers.None);
 		public Hotkey RepairKey = new Hotkey(Keycode.F12, Modifiers.None);