diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
index 66e8d7886..6da68cf54 100644
--- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 |<<tabs-indicator-width,indicator-width>>|Width of the progress indicator (0 to disable).
 |<<tabs-indicator-space,indicator-space>>|Spacing between tab edge and indicator.
 |<<tabs-tabs-are-windows,tabs-are-windows>>|Whether to open windows instead of tabs.
+|<<tabs-title-format,title-format>>|The format to use for the tab title. The following placeholders are defined:
 |==============
 
 .Quick reference for section ``storage''
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@ The format to use for the window title. The following placeholders are defined:
 * `{perc_raw}`: The raw percentage, e.g. `10`
 * `{title}`: The title of the current webpage
 * `{title_sep}`: The string ` - ` if a title is set, empty otherwise.
+* `{id}`: The internal window ID of this window.
 
 Default: +pass:[{perc}{title}{title_sep}qutebrowser]+
 
@@ -873,6 +875,19 @@ Valid values:
 
 Default: +pass:[false]+
 
+[[tabs-title-format]]
+=== title-format
+The format to use for the tab title. The following placeholders are defined:
+
+* `{perc}`: The percentage as a string like `[10%]`.
+* `{perc_raw}`: The raw percentage, e.g. `10`
+* `{title}`: The title of the current webpage
+* `{title_sep}`: The string ` - ` if a title is set, empty otherwise.
+* `{index}`: The index of this tab.
+* `{id}`: The internal tab ID of this tab.
+
+Default: +pass:[{index}: {title}]+
+
 == storage
 Settings related to cache and storage.