diff --git a/docs/metadata-workflow.rst b/docs/metadata-workflow.rst
--- a/docs/metadata-workflow.rst
+++ b/docs/metadata-workflow.rst
@@ -151,9 +151,13 @@
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-	string_fields = ['name', 'version', 'description', 'summary',
+    string_fields = ['name', 'version', 'description', 'summary',
                      'author', 'author-email']
 
+
+These values will be automatically added to the above list of
+supported terms.
+
 .. _translate Python PKG-INFO: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-indexer/browse/master/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/python.py
 
 Last step to get your code working: add a `translate` method that will