diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc b/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc
index 7c92715a..2284f24e 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ Options
 	positive integer. If this config option is not set then only one download
 	stream is used (i.e. downloads happen sequentially).
 
+*DownloadUser =* username::
+	Specifies the user to switch to for downloading files. That user should exist
+        on the system and have the permissions to write to the files located in
+	`DBPath/sync` and `CacheDir`. If this config option is not set then the
+	 downloads are done as the user running pacman.
+
 
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