diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7505e8f9..ca0825dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Improvements
 - Show a red "!" in project's top navigation if any integration is not working
 - createsuperuser management command requires an unique email address (#318)
+- For superusers, show "Site Administration" in top navigation, note in README (#317)
 
 
 ## v1.12.0 - 2020-01-02
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38e5d4a1..26cb7534 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -189,6 +189,16 @@ DATABASES = {
 }
 ```
 
+## Accessing Administration Panel
+
+healthchecks comes with Django's administation panel where you can manually
+view and modify user accounts, projects, checks, integrations etc. To access it,
+
+ * if you haven't already, create a superuser account: `./manage.py createsuperuser`
+ * log into the site using superuser credentials
+ * in the top navigation, "Account" dropdown, select "Site Administration"
+
+
 ## Sending Emails
 
 healthchecks must be able to send email messages, so it can send out login
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 7fc0fc00..3cde5167 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@
                         <span class="caret"></span>
                     </a>
                     <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+                        {% if request.user.is_superuser %}
+                            <li><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">Site Administration</a></li>
+                            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
+                        {% endif %}
+
                         <li class="dropdown-header">Projects</li>
                         {% for project in request.profile.annotated_projects %}
                         <li class="project-item">