diff --git a/manual/moderncv_userguide.pdf b/manual/moderncv_userguide.pdf
index b0b4c53..f1f1986 100644
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diff --git a/manual/moderncv_userguide.tex b/manual/moderncv_userguide.tex
index 419fc35..0986d44 100644
--- a/manual/moderncv_userguide.tex
+++ b/manual/moderncv_userguide.tex
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ Including a bibliography database \texttt{publications.bib} is achieved with the
   \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
   % in order to sort after citation occurrence use the following instead:
   \usepackage[backend=biber, sorting=none]{biblatex}
+  % or use non-numeric citation as alternative:
+  \usepackage[backend=biber, bibstyle=alphabetic, citestyle=alphabetic]{biblatex}
+  % add the .bib file as ressource
   \addbibresource{publications.bib}
 \end{lstlisting}
 Uncommenting the line \code{\\usepackage[backend=biber, sorting=none]\{biblatex\}}
diff --git a/template.tex b/template.tex
index ac47fc6..b7c82b7 100644
--- a/template.tex
+++ b/template.tex
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
 % \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
 % in order to sort after citation occurrence use the following instead:
 % \usepackage[backend=biber, sorting=none]{biblatex}
+% short example with non-numeric citations
+% \usepackage[backend=biber, bibstyle=alphabetic, citestyle=alphabetic]{biblatex}
+% add the .bib file as ressource
 % \addbibresource{publications.bib}
 
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