diff --git a/docs/special_vars.txt b/docs/special_vars.txt
index 252a6ecf..c56c452f 100644
--- a/docs/special_vars.txt
+++ b/docs/special_vars.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ $A .. $Z is important.
    $Z         time of day (hh:mm, can be changed with /SET timestamp_format)
    $$         a literal '$'
 
+   $versiontim          prints time of the irssi version in HHMM format
    $sysname		system name (eg. Linux)
    $sysrelease		system release (eg. 2.2.18)
    $sysarch		system architecture (eg. i686)