diff --git a/beetsplug/convert.py b/beetsplug/convert.py
index 51312d77b4..22a88fd5d8 100644
--- a/beetsplug/convert.py
+++ b/beetsplug/convert.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "vorbis": "ogg",
 }
 
-LOSSLESS_FORMATS = ["ape", "flac", "alac", "wav", "aiff"]
+LOSSLESS_FORMATS = ["ape", "flac", "alac", "wave", "aiff"]
 
 
 def replace_ext(path, ext):
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index bef91e21d0..bda334b6bc 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ New features:
 * :doc:`/plugins/smartplaylist`: Add new option `smartplaylist.uri_format`.
 * Sorted the default configuration file into categories.
   :bug:`4987`
+* :doc:`/plugins/convert`: Don't treat WAVE (`.wav`) files as lossy anymore
+  when using the `never_convert_lossy_files` option. They will get transcoded
+  like the other lossless formats.
 
 Bug fixes: