diff --git a/src/Snafu.md b/src/Snafu.md
index 442c5bbd..5f0adf61 100644
--- a/src/Snafu.md
+++ b/src/Snafu.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ unique situations.
 - [`display`](#controlling-display)
 - [`source`](#controlling-error-sources)
 - [`visibility`](#controlling-visibility)
+- [`whatever`](#controlling-stringly-typed-errors)
 
 ## Controlling `Display`
 
@@ -242,6 +243,32 @@ enum Error {
 }
 ```
 
+## Controlling stringly-typed errors
+
+This allows your custom error type to behave like the [`Whatever`][]
+error type. Since it is your type, you can implement additional
+methods or traits. When placed on a struct or enum variant, you will
+be able to use the type with the [`whatever!`][] macro as well as
+`whatever_context` methods, such as [`ResultExt::whatever_context`][].
+
+```rust
+# use snafu::Snafu;
+#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
+enum Error {
+    SpecificError { username: String },
+
+    #[snafu(whatever, display("{}", message))]
+    GenericError {
+        message: String,
+
+        // Having a `source` is optional, but if it is present, it must
+        // have this specific attribute and type:
+        #[snafu(source(from(Box<dyn std::error::Error>, Some)))]
+        source: Option<Box<dyn std::error::Error>>,
+    }
+}
+```
+
 ## Controlling how the `snafu` crate is resolved
 
 If the `snafu` crate is not called `snafu` for some reason, you can