diff --git a/doc/po4a.7.pod b/doc/po4a.7.pod
index 095a7253d..be9e74f95 100644
--- a/doc/po4a.7.pod
+++ b/doc/po4a.7.pod
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ the requirement to become an official GNU project).  The support for
 L<Locale::Po4a::Texinfo(3pm)|Texinfo> in po4a is still at the beginning.
 Please report bugs and feature requests.
 
+=head3 text
+
+The Text format is the base format for many formats that include long
+blocks of text, including Markdown, debian/changelog, and
+debian/control.
+
+This supports the common format used in Static Site Generators,
+READMEs, and other documentation systems.  See
+L<Locale::Po4a::Text(3pm)|Text> for details.
+
 =head3 xml
 
 The XML format is a base format for many documentation formats.