diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef54b1d..4e18535 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 * battery: scale option, for batteries that report 'charge' at a
   different scale than 'current'.
 * network: new `quality` tag (Wi-Fi only).
-* Read alternative config from pipes (e.g. `--config /dev/stdin`)
-  ([#340][340]).
+* Read alternative config from pipes and FIFOs (e.g. `--config
+  /dev/stdin`) ([#340][340]).
 
 [340]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/pulls/340
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 3a8b9f7..5d9df44 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
                 fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid configuration file: %s\n", optarg, strerror(errno));
                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
             } else if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && !S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode)) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid configuration file: neither a regular file nor a pipe\n",
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid configuration file: neither a regular file nor a pipe or FIFO\n",
                         optarg);
                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
             }