diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a2d11d828..75c713b9d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-22  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Document
+	GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES.
+
 2011-01-17  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* .bzrignore: Remove nonexistent grub-pbkdf2.
diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
index daf48da13..a47389f1e 100644
--- a/docs/grub.texi
+++ b/docs/grub.texi
@@ -1181,6 +1181,11 @@ directly to @ref{play}.
 If this option is set, GRUB will issue a @ref{badram} command to filter
 out specified regions of RAM.
 
+@item GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES
+This option may be set to a list of GRUB module names separated by spaces.
+Each module will be loaded as early as possible, at the start of
+@file{grub.cfg}.
+
 @end table
 
 For more detailed customisation of @command{grub-mkconfig}'s output, you may