diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
index 30570a279ec..dbbf46dfa83 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
      PHP 7.1 is no longer supported due to upstream not supporting this version for the entire lifecycle of the 19.09 release.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+     <para>
+       The binfmt module is now easier to use. Additional systems can
+       be added through <option>boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems</option>.
+       For instance, <literal>boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [
+       "wasm32-wasi" "x86_64-windows" "aarch64-linux" ];</literal> will
+       set up binfmt interpreters for each of those listed systems.
+     </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix
index eff25894577..a550ffd6320 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ in {
 
       emulatedSystems = mkOption {
         default = [];
+        example = [ "wasm32-wasi" "x86_64-windows" "aarch64-linux" ];
         description = ''
           List of systems to emulate. Will also configure Nix to
           support your new systems.