diff --git a/docs/cli.rst b/docs/cli.rst
index 6597fb6..b67fbf9 100644
--- a/docs/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/cli.rst
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ The ``enable-fts`` command will populate the new index with all existing documen
 
     $ sqlite-utils populate-fts mydb.db documents title summary
 
+A better solution here is to use database triggers. You can set up database triggers to automatically update the full-text index using the ``--create-triggers`` option when you first run ``enable-fts``::
+
+    $ sqlite-utils enable-fts mydb.db documents title summary --create-triggers
+
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diff --git a/docs/python-api.rst b/docs/python-api.rst
index 997bd97..572e330 100644
--- a/docs/python-api.rst
+++ b/docs/python-api.rst
@@ -907,6 +907,12 @@ If you insert additional records into the table you will need to refresh the sea
     }, pk="id")
     dogs.populate_fts(["name", "twitter"])
 
+A better solution is to use database triggers. You can set up database triggers to automatically update the full-text index using ``create_triggers=True``:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    dogs.enable_fts(["name", "twitter"], create_triggers=True)
+
 ``.enable_fts()`` defaults to using `FTS5 <https://www.sqlite.org/fts5.html>`__. If you wish to use `FTS4 <https://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html>`__ instead, use the following:
 
 .. code-block:: python