diff --git a/doc/changelog.dox b/doc/changelog.dox
index 9c425ef7b..46bd51182 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.dox
+++ b/doc/changelog.dox
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ See also:
     and @ref Platform::EmscriptenApplication::Configuration::clearWindowFlags()
     for consistency with other application implementations
 
+@subsubsection changelog-latest-changes-shaders SceneGraph library
+
+-   @ref SceneGraph trees are now destructed in a way that preserves
+    @ref SceneGraph::Object::parent() links up to the root as well as
+    @ref SceneGraph::AbstractFeature::object() references
+
 @subsubsection changelog-latest-changes-shaders Shaders library
 
 -   In the original implementation of normal mapping in @ref Shaders::Phong,
@@ -524,6 +530,12 @@ See also:
     afterwards. This can cause compilation breakages in case the type
     constructor has the parent parameter non-optional, pass the parent
     explicitly in that case.
+-   @ref SceneGraph trees are now destructed in a way that preserves
+    @ref SceneGraph::Object::parent() links up to the root as well as
+    @ref SceneGraph::AbstractFeature::object() references. Previous behavior
+    made both @cpp nullptr @ce even before the object/feature destructors were
+    called and so it's assumed no code relied on such behavior, nevertheless
+    it's a subtle change worth mentioning.
 -   Due to the rework of @ref Shaders::Phong to support directional and
     attenuated point lights, the original behavior of unattenuated point lights
     isn't available anymore. For backwards compatibility, light positions
diff --git a/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/Object.h b/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/Object.h
index 07f8e1b0f..2437052cf 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/Object.h
+++ b/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/Object.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class documentation or @ref compilation-speedup-hpp for more information.
 */
 template<class Transformation> class Object: public AbstractObject<Transformation::Dimensions, typename Transformation::Type>, public Transformation
     #ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
-    , private Containers::LinkedList<Object<Transformation>>, private Containers::LinkedListItem<Object<Transformation>, Object<Transformation>>
+    , private Containers::LinkedListItem<Object<Transformation>, Object<Transformation>>, private Containers::LinkedList<Object<Transformation>>
     #endif
 {
     public:
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ template<class Transformation> class Object: public AbstractObject<Transformatio
         /**
          * @brief Destructor
          *
-         * Removes itself from parent's children list and destroys all own
-         * children.
+         * Destroys all own children and then removes itself from the parent
+         * list. Features are then deleted in the @ref AbstractObject
+         * destructor.
          */
         ~Object();