diff --git a/doc/fix_adapt.html b/doc/fix_adapt.html
index cafbf0eec0..a124dca5da 100644
--- a/doc/fix_adapt.html
+++ b/doc/fix_adapt.html
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ styles and their energy formulas for the meaning of these parameters:
 <TR><TD >c: type pairs:<A HREF = "pair_coul.html">coul/cut</A>: scale: type pairs:<A HREF = "pair_coul.html">coul/debye</A>: scale: type pairs:<A HREF = "pair_coul.html">coul/long</A>: scale: type pairs:<A HREF = "pair_lj.html">lj/cut</A>: epsilon: type pairs:<A HREF = "pair_lj.html">lj/cut/opt</A>: epsilon: type pairs:<A HREF = "pair_lubricate.html">lubricate</A>: mu: global:<A HREF = "pair_gauss.html">gauss</A>: a: type pairs:<A HREF = "pair_soft.html">soft</A>: a: type pairs 
 </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
 
+<P>IMPORTANT NOTE: It is easy to add new potentials and their parameters
+to this list.  All it typically takes is adding an extract() method to
+the pair_*.cpp file associated with the potential.
+</P>
 <P>Some parameters are global settings for the pair style, e.g. the
 viscosity setting "mu" for <A HREF = "pair_lubricate.html">pair_style lubricate</A>.
 Other parameters apply to atom type pairs within the pair style,
diff --git a/doc/fix_adapt.txt b/doc/fix_adapt.txt
index 1f74400ff0..546725c5eb 100644
--- a/doc/fix_adapt.txt
+++ b/doc/fix_adapt.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ styles and their energy formulas for the meaning of these parameters:
 "gauss"_pair_gauss.html: a: type pairs:
 "soft"_pair_soft.html: a: type pairs :tb(c=3)
 
+IMPORTANT NOTE: It is easy to add new potentials and their parameters
+to this list.  All it typically takes is adding an extract() method to
+the pair_*.cpp file associated with the potential.
+
 Some parameters are global settings for the pair style, e.g. the
 viscosity setting "mu" for "pair_style lubricate"_pair_lubricate.html.
 Other parameters apply to atom type pairs within the pair style,