diff --git a/doc/lxc-create.sgml.in b/doc/lxc-create.sgml.in
index b11ff30be..07a051282 100644
--- a/doc/lxc-create.sgml.in
+++ b/doc/lxc-create.sgml.in
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 	    is the container name.  <replaceable>--vgname vgname1</replaceable>
 	    will create the LV in volume group <filename>vgname1</filename>
 	    rather than the default, <filename>lxc</filename>.
+	    <replaceable>--thinpool thinpool1</replaceable> will create the
+	    LV as a thin-provisioned volume in the pool named
+	    <filename>thinpool1</filename>.
 	    <replaceable>--fstype FSTYPE</replaceable> will create an FSTYPE
 	    filesystem on the LV, rather than the default, which is ext4.
 	    <replaceable>--fssize SIZE</replaceable> will create a LV (and