diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map.mdwn
index 09c95a0c9..4b6499547 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/map.mdwn
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ the [[meta]] directive). For example:
 
 	\[[!map pages="* and !blog/* and !*/Discussion" show=title]]
 
+	\[[!map pages="* and !blog/* and !*/Discussion" show=description]]
+
 Hint: To limit the map to displaying pages less than a certain level deep,
 use a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] like this: `pages="* and !*/*/*"`