diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 354a48829..748f49e28 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## 2.0.0 beta 32
 * elasticY and elasticX did not work if all values were negative (coordinate grid and row charts, respectively), by Sebastian Gröhn ([#879](https://github.com/dc-js/dc.js/issues/879) / [#1156](https://github.com/dc-js/dc.js/pull/1156))
 * Improved implementation of alignYAxes, by Mohamed Gazal and Gordon Woodhull ([#1033](https://github.com/dc-js/dc.js/pull/1033))
-* Example of downloading the table data as it's formatted.
+* Examples of downloading the table data as it's formatted, and formatting legend items.
 * `legend.legendText` documentation was missing.
 
 ## 2.0.0 beta 31
diff --git a/web/examples/pie-external-labels.html b/web/examples/pie-external-labels.html
index 1ef9d21b3..a8adeaf1c 100644
--- a/web/examples/pie-external-labels.html
+++ b/web/examples/pie-external-labels.html
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@
           .group(speedSumGroup)
           .legend(dc.legend());
 
+      // example of formatting the legend via svg
+      // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38430632/how-can-we-add-legends-value-beside-of-legend-with-proper-alignment
+      chart.on('pretransition', function(chart) {
+          chart.selectAll('.dc-legend-item text')
+              .text('')
+            .append('tspan')
+              .text(function(d) { return d.name; })
+            .append('tspan')
+              .attr('x', 100)
+              .attr('text-anchor', 'end')
+              .text(function(d) { return d.data; });
+      });
       chart.render();
   });