diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 9c2f13ae..11444d2e 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ Setting name (followed by default value, if any)
                                                                                  in this list are written. Paths should be either absolute or relative
                                                                                  to the current Pelican working directory. For possible use cases see
                                                                                  :ref:`writing_only_selected_content`.
-``FORMATTED_FIELDS = ['summary']``                                               A list of metadata fields to be parsed and translated to HTML.
+``FORMATTED_FIELDS = ['summary']``                                               A list of metadata fields containing reST/Markdown content to be
+                                                                                 parsed and translated to HTML.
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 .. [#] Default is the system locale.