diff --git a/doc/bird.conf.example b/doc/bird.conf.example
index 0a2aac7e..6ab03a23 100644
--- a/doc/bird.conf.example
+++ b/doc/bird.conf.example
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ protocol static {
 
 #protocol bgp {
 #	disabled;
+#	description "My BGP uplink"
 #	local as 65000;
 #	neighbor 62.168.0.130 as 5588;
 #	multihop 20 via 62.168.0.13;
diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index 40793ed3..b475830e 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ to zero to disable it. An empty <cf><m/switch/</cf> is equivalent to <cf/on/
 	<tag>export <m/filter/</tag> This is similar to the <cf>import</cf> keyword, except that it
 	works in the direction from the routing table to the protocol. Default: <cf/none/.
 
+	<tag>description "<m/text/"</tag> This is an optional
+	description of the protocol. It is displayed as a part of the
+	output of 'show route all' command.
+
 	<tag>table <m/name/</tag> Connect this protocol to a non-default routing table.
 </descrip>