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diff --git a/rt/docs/extending/external_custom_fields.pod b/rt/docs/extending/external_custom_fields.pod
index f32bda769..5e70d3e40 100644
--- a/rt/docs/extending/external_custom_fields.pod
+++ b/rt/docs/extending/external_custom_fields.pod
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ web interface. See L</Configuration>.
This method should return an array reference of hash references. The
hash references should contain keys for C<name>, C<description>, and
C<sortorder>. C<name> is most important one; the others are optional.
+You can also optionally provide a key for C<category> and use the
+"Categories are based on" option on the custom field configuration
+page to make the values displayed for this custom field vary based
+on the value selected in the "based on" custom field.
=back
@@ -77,9 +81,9 @@ Here's a simple static example:
# return reference to array ([])
return [
# each element of the array is a reference to hash that describe a value
- # possible keys are name, description and sortorder
- { name => 'value1', description => 'external value', sortorder => 1 },
- { name => 'value2', description => 'another external value', sortorder => 2 },
+ # possible keys are name, description, sortorder, and category
+ { name => 'value1', description => 'external value', sortorder => 1, category => 'Other CF' },
+ { name => 'value2', description => 'another external value', sortorder => 2, category => 'Other CF' },
# values without description are also valid, the default description is empty string
{ name => 'value3', sortorder => 3 },
# you can skip sortorder too, but note that the default sortorder is 0 (zero)