diff --git a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst
index fe132327..189a51ad 100644
--- a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst
+++ b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ customizing the variables
     - if you don't want to worry about all of this nonsense, leave
       this set to `t`.
 
+.. emacsvar:: notmuch-show-empty-saved-searches
+
+   |docstring::notmuch-show-empty-saved-searches|
 
 notmuch-hello key bindings
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