diff --git a/Documentation/connectors/github.md b/Documentation/connectors/github.md
index 78f7def4332698b2785607ee9db06531973f6e12..b669e25e9c0c77ef0946642b5287dbf486b26c37 100644
--- a/Documentation/connectors/github.md
+++ b/Documentation/connectors/github.md
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ connectors:
     #   - ['acme:site-reliability-engineers'] for 'slug'
     #   - ['acme:Site Reliability Engineers', 'acme:site-reliability-engineers'] for 'both'
     teamNameField: slug
+    # flag which will switch from using the internal GitHub id to the users handle (@mention) as the user id.
+    # It is possible for a user to change their own user name but it is very rare for them to do so
+    useLoginAsId: false
 ```
 
 ## GitHub Enterprise