diff --git a/runtime/doc/recover.txt b/runtime/doc/recover.txt
index 5fc09c0..650feb2 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/recover.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/recover.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,14 @@
 'maxmemtot'.  And when making a change to a read-only file, the swap file is
 created anyway.
 
-The 'swapfile' option can be reset to avoid creating a swapfile.
+The 'swapfile' option can be reset to avoid creating a swapfile.  And the
+|:noswapfile| modifier can be used to not create a swapfile for a new buffer.
+
+:noswap[file]   {command}			*:noswap* *:noswapfile*
+		Execute {command}. If it contains a command that loads a new
+		buffer, it will be loaded without creating a swapfile and the
+		'swapfile' option will be reset.  If a buffer already had a
+		swapfile it is not removed and 'swapfile' is not reset.
 
 
 Detecting an existing swap file ~