diff --git a/filebeat/docs/modules/tomcat.asciidoc b/filebeat/docs/modules/tomcat.asciidoc
index ed79fdf78e0..a6387f5e28f 100644
--- a/filebeat/docs/modules/tomcat.asciidoc
+++ b/filebeat/docs/modules/tomcat.asciidoc
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ NOTE: This was converted from RSA NetWitness log parser XML "apachetomcat" devic
 
 The input from which messages are read. One of `file`, `tcp` or `udp`.
 
+*`var.paths`*::
+
+The paths from which files are read. Needs to be a list. Only works when `var.input` is set to `file`.
+
 *`var.syslog_host`*::
 
 The address to listen to UDP or TCP based syslog traffic.