diff --git a/docs/content/extras/permalinks.md b/docs/content/extras/permalinks.md
index 54b4c6104..4018b37ed 100644
--- a/docs/content/extras/permalinks.md
+++ b/docs/content/extras/permalinks.md
@@ -36,3 +36,18 @@ A file named `content/post/sample-entry` which contains a line
appearing at `public/2013/11/sample-entry/index.html` and be reachable via
the URL .
+The following is a list of values that can be used in a permalink definition,
+all references to time are dependent on the content's date.
+
+**:year** the 4 digit year
+**:month** the 2 digit month
+**:monthname** the name of the month
+**:day** the 2 digit day
+**:weekday** the 1 digit day of the week (Sunday = 0)
+**:weekdayname** the name of the day of the week
+**:yearday** the 1-3 digit day of the year
+**:section** the content's section
+**:title** the content's title
+**:slug** the content's slug (or title if no slug)
+**:filename** the content's filename (without extension)
+