diff --git a/docs/manual/developer/03_creating_content.md b/docs/manual/developer/03_creating_content.md
index 646e6371287..488240181f2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/developer/03_creating_content.md
+++ b/docs/manual/developer/03_creating_content.md
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ original_title: used as a reference for policies not yet available in English
 source: a link to the original policy, eg. a URL of a PDF document
 controls_dir: a directory containing files representing controls that will be imported into this policy
 reference_type: Reference type represented by control IDs in this policy.
-product: product ID, set if the policy is specific to a single product.
+product: list of product IDs, set if the policy is specific to a single or number of products.
 levels: a list of levels, the first one is default
   - id: level ID (required key)
     inherits_from: a list of IDs of levels inheriting from
diff --git a/ssg/controls.py b/ssg/controls.py
index c487d3f23ee..9471276c79b 100644
--- a/ssg/controls.py
+++ b/ssg/controls.py
@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ def load(self):
         self.title = ssg.utils.required_key(yaml_contents, "title")
         self.source = yaml_contents.get("source", "")
         self.reference_type = yaml_contents.get("reference_type", None)
-        self.product = yaml_contents.get("product", None)
+        yaml_product = yaml_contents.get("product", None)
+        if isinstance(yaml_product, list):
+            self.product = yaml_product
+        elif yaml_product is not None:
+            self.product = [yaml_product]
 
         default_level_dict = {"id": "default"}
         level_list = yaml_contents.get("levels", [default_level_dict])