diff --git a/lib/CHANGELOG.md b/lib/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f3fe78..cf00dfb 100644
--- a/lib/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/lib/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- Merged PR to Develop [\#19](https://github.com/skywinder/changelog_test/pull/19) ([skywinder](https://github.com/skywinder))
+- Merged br \(should appear in change log also\) [\#21](https://github.com/skywinder/changelog_test/pull/21) ([skywinder](https://github.com/skywinder))
 - This a PR with a lot of comments and events [\#17](https://github.com/skywinder/changelog_test/pull/17) ([skywinder](https://github.com/skywinder))
 - This PR closes 14 from commit [\#15](https://github.com/skywinder/changelog_test/pull/15) ([skywinder](https://github.com/skywinder))
 - This PR to close \#12 from body [\#13](https://github.com/skywinder/changelog_test/pull/13) ([skywinder](https://github.com/skywinder))
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb
index fa81112..eef3e6d 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/fetcher.rb
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
       @user = @options[:user]
       @project = @options[:project]
       @github_token = fetch_github_token
-      github_options = { per_page: PER_PAGE_NUMBER }
-      github_options[:oauth_token] = @github_token unless @github_token.nil?
-      github_options[:endpoint] = @options[:github_endpoint] unless @options[:github_endpoint].nil?
-      github_options[:site] = @options[:github_endpoint] unless @options[:github_site].nil?
+      @github_options = { per_page: PER_PAGE_NUMBER }
+      @github_options[:oauth_token] = @github_token unless @github_token.nil?
+      @github_options[:endpoint] = @options[:github_endpoint] unless @options[:github_endpoint].nil?
+      @github_options[:site] = @options[:github_endpoint] unless @options[:github_site].nil?
 
-      @github = check_github_response { Github.new github_options }
+      @github = check_github_response { Github.new @github_options }
     end
 
     # Returns GitHub token. First try to use variable, provided by --token option,
@@ -123,7 +123,16 @@ Make sure, that you push tags to remote repo via 'git push --tags'".yellow
     def fetch_closed_pull_requests
       pull_requests = []
       begin
-        response = @github.pull_requests.list @options[:user], @options[:project], state: "closed"
+        if @options[:release_branch].nil?
+          response = @github.pull_requests.list @options[:user],
+                                                @options[:project],
+                                                state: "closed"
+        else
+          response = @github.pull_requests.list @options[:user],
+                                                @options[:project],
+                                                state: "closed",
+                                                base: @options[:release_branch]
+        end
         page_i = 0
         count_pages = response.count_pages
         response.each_page do |page|
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_processor.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_processor.rb
index e264a90..ae745e6 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_processor.rb
@@ -178,8 +178,10 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
         fetched_pr = closed_pull_requests.find do |fpr|
           fpr.number == pr.number
         end
-        pr[:merged_at] = fetched_pr[:merged_at]
-        closed_pull_requests.delete(fetched_pr)
+        if fetched_pr
+          pr[:merged_at] = fetched_pr[:merged_at]
+          closed_pull_requests.delete(fetched_pr)
+        end
       end
 
       pull_requests.select! do |pr|
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
index 46ffdef..7918c3a 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
         opts.on("--future-release [RELEASE-VERSION]", "Put the unreleased changes in the specified release number.") do |future_release|
           options[:future_release] = future_release
         end
+        opts.on("--release-branch [RELEASE-BRANCH]", "Limit pull requests to the release branch, such as master or release") do |release_branch|
+          options[:release_branch] = release_branch
+        end
         opts.on("--[no-]verbose", "Run verbosely. Default is true") do |v|
           options[:verbose] = v
         end
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/task.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/task.rb
index e87f7f2..035d6d5 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/task.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/task.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
                   bug_labels enhancement_labels
                   between_tags exclude_tags since_tag max_issues
                   github_site github_endpoint simple_list
-                  future_release verbose release_url base )
+                  future_release release_branch verbose release_url
+                  base )
 
     OPTIONS.each do |o|
       attr_accessor o.to_sym