Use dpkg to view changelog

Is there a way to use dpkg to view a changelog between different versions of a package? If I wanted to know e.g., why 'passwd' was being upgraded in a recent update is there a way to use dpkg to see what changed? $ dpkg -l passwd Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii passwd 1:4.2-3.1 amd64 change and administer password an It's being upgraded to 1:4.2-3.3... I know with Debian I can look at [the package notes](https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/passwd) and from there at the linked [Debian changelog](http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.1.5.1-1_changelog) . But this doesn't apply to all deb based distros, and it's awkward for a quick look at what's new.