diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index c9743215a..3e6386382 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ Contributors
 * Olly Willans
 * Ben Enright
 * Alice Rose
+* John Franey
 
 Translators
 ===========
diff --git a/docs/topics/search/index.rst b/docs/topics/search/index.rst
index 75939c0a6..73a489274 100644
--- a/docs/topics/search/index.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/search/index.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ See :ref:`wagtailsearch_searching`.
 Backends
 ========
 
-Wagtail provides two backends for storing the search index and performing search queries: Elasticsearch and the database. It's also possible to roll your own search backend.
+Wagtail provides three backends for storing the search index and performing search queries: Elasticsearch, the database, and PostgreSQL (Django >=1.10 required). It's also possible to roll your own search backend.
 
 See :ref:`wagtailsearch_backends`