diff --git a/website/source/docs/configuration/terraform.html.md b/website/source/docs/configuration/terraform.html.md
index 7fdcc91e6..1f1391c18 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/configuration/terraform.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/configuration/terraform.html.md
@@ -29,12 +29,17 @@ terraform {
 
 The `terraform` block configures the behavior of Terraform itself.
 
-The currently only allowed configuration within this block is
-`required_version`. This setting specifies a set of version constraints
+The currently only allowed configurations within this block are
+`required_version` and `backend`.
+
+`required_version` specifies a set of version constraints
 that must be met to perform operations on this configuration. If the
 running Terraform version doesn't meet these constraints, an error
 is shown. See the section below dedicated to this option.
 
+See [backends](/docs/backends/index.html) for more detail on the `backend`
+configuration.
+
 **No value within the `terraform` block can use interpolations.** The
 `terraform` block is loaded very early in the execution of Terraform
 and interpolations are not yet available.