diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1e5e4807e0..337f66ab88 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ https://mhammond.github.io/pywin32_installers.html .
 Coming in build 309, as yet unreleased
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+* Added support for relative path for `pywin32_postinstall`'s `-destination` argument (#2454, @Avasam)
 * The postinstall script is now available as a console script. You can invoke it in one of two new methods: (#2408, @Avasam)
   1. `python -m pywin32_postinstall -install` (recommended)
   2. `pywin32_postinstall -install` (shorter but you don't have control over which python environment is used)
-* Changed the implementation of 'com_record' to a subclassable Python type (2437#, #2361, @geppi)
+* Changed the implementation of 'com_record' to a subclassable Python type (#2437, #2361, @geppi)
 * Removed param `hIcon` from `win32comext.shell.ShellExecuteEx`. It was unusable since Windows Vista (#2423, @Avasam)
 * Fixed `nbios.NCBStruct` packing (#2406, @Avasam)
 * Restored axdebug builds on Python 3.10 (#2416, @Avasam)
diff --git a/win32/scripts/pywin32_postinstall.py b/win32/scripts/pywin32_postinstall.py
index 295818a825..1321b99908 100644
--- a/win32/scripts/pywin32_postinstall.py
+++ b/win32/scripts/pywin32_postinstall.py
@@ -642,9 +642,12 @@ def uninstall(lib_dir):
 # Out of principle, we're still not using system exits.
 
 
-def verify_destination(location):
+def verify_destination(location: str) -> str:
+    location = os.path.abspath(location)
     if not os.path.isdir(location):
-        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f'Path "{location}" does not exist!')
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
+            f'Path "{location}" is not an existing directory!'
+        )
     return location