diff --git a/doc/pyOpenSSL.txt b/doc/pyOpenSSL.txt
index a66774e..8a7a403 100644
--- a/doc/pyOpenSSL.txt
+++ b/doc/pyOpenSSL.txt
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@
    der()
           Return a string giving the DER representation of the name.
 
+   get_components()
+          Return a list of two-tuples of strings giving the components of
+          the name.
+
    X509Name objects have the following members:
 
    countryName