diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 787ddee263c3..9fc9e797f3a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### API Breaking Changes
 
+* (x/mint) [\#10441](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10441) The `NewAppModule` function now accepts an inflation calculation function as an argument.
 * [\#10295](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10295) Remove store type aliases from /types
 * [\#9695](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9695) Migrate keys from `Info` -> `Record`
   * Add new `codec.Codec` argument in:
diff --git a/x/mint/module.go b/x/mint/module.go
index 975c3cfd2b8c..be5ba7fdf2f9 100644
--- a/x/mint/module.go
+++ b/x/mint/module.go
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ type AppModule struct {
 	inflationCalculator types.InflationCalculationFn
 }
 
-// NewAppModule creates a new AppModule object
+// NewAppModule creates a new AppModule object. If the InflationCalculationFn
+// argument is nil, then the SDK's default inflation function will be used.
 func NewAppModule(cdc codec.Codec, keeper keeper.Keeper, ak types.AccountKeeper, ic types.InflationCalculationFn) AppModule {
 	if ic == nil {
 		ic = types.DefaultInflationCalculationFn
diff --git a/x/mint/types/genesis.go b/x/mint/types/genesis.go
index 7f57b09178ea..75c69502bb02 100644
--- a/x/mint/types/genesis.go
+++ b/x/mint/types/genesis.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 type InflationCalculationFn func(ctx sdk.Context, minter Minter, params Params, bondedRatio sdk.Dec) sdk.Dec
 
 // DefaultInflationCalculationFn is the default function used to calculate inflation.
-func DefaultInflationCalculationFn(ctx sdk.Context, minter Minter, params Params, bondedRatio sdk.Dec) sdk.Dec {
+func DefaultInflationCalculationFn(_ sdk.Context, minter Minter, params Params, bondedRatio sdk.Dec) sdk.Dec {
 	return minter.NextInflationRate(params, bondedRatio)
 }