diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d835c9a19..58f9055cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
    Edit some related sections.
  * doc/geany.txt, doc/geany.html:
    Update Ignore Tags section with example and menu item.
+ * doc/geany.txt, doc/geany.html:
+   List 'Tools->Configuration Files->filetypes.common' menu item.
 
 
 2010-12-06  Nick Treleaven  <nick(dot)treleaven(at)btinternet(dot)com>
diff --git a/doc/geany.html b/doc/geany.html
index 4f3bde6b8..7bc06ab9a 100644
--- a/doc/geany.html
+++ b/doc/geany.html
@@ -4554,6 +4554,12 @@ complete filename, e.g. for shell scripts.</p>
 <p>There is a special filetype definition file called
 filetypes.common. This file defines some general non-filetype-specific
 settings.</p>
+<p>You can open the user filetypes.common with the
+<em>Tools-&gt;Configuration Files-&gt;filetypes.common</em> menu item. This adds
+the default settings to the user file if the file doesn't exist.
+Alternatively the file can be created manually, adding only the
+settings you want to change. All missing settings will be read from
+the system file.</p>
 <div class="note">
 <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
 <p class="last">See the <a class="reference" href="#filetype-configuration">Filetype configuration</a> section for how to define styles.</p>
@@ -6393,7 +6399,7 @@ USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.</p>
 <div class="footer">
 <hr class="footer" />
 <a class="reference" href="geany.txt">View document source</a>.
-Generated on: 2010-12-07 18:00 UTC.
+Generated on: 2010-12-07 18:05 UTC.
 Generated by <a class="reference" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/">Docutils</a> from <a class="reference" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html">reStructuredText</a> source.
 
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diff --git a/doc/geany.txt b/doc/geany.txt
index 4c89aa153..ba388c0d3 100644
--- a/doc/geany.txt
+++ b/doc/geany.txt
@@ -3853,6 +3853,13 @@ There is a special filetype definition file called
 filetypes.common. This file defines some general non-filetype-specific
 settings.
 
+You can open the user filetypes.common with the
+*Tools->Configuration Files->filetypes.common* menu item. This adds
+the default settings to the user file if the file doesn't exist.
+Alternatively the file can be created manually, adding only the
+settings you want to change. All missing settings will be read from
+the system file.
+
 .. note::
     See the `Filetype configuration`_ section for how to define styles.