diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
index 79f21d9f3..21d33e1cb 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ package index including information for the package you just built.
 Thus, be sure to run the package update step separately after building
 any packages.
 
+Alternatively, you can create a deploy-ready package feed by creating
+a recipe that inherits :ref:`ref-classes-packagefeed*`. An updated
+index will be created anytime the package feed is generated after all
+packages in the feed have been built.
+
 You can use the
 :term:`PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS`,
 :term:`PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS`,