diff --git a/man/coredns-forward.7 b/man/coredns-forward.7
index 9f182e25f..c6f608d24 100644
--- a/man/coredns-forward.7
+++ b/man/coredns-forward.7
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ The dial timeout by default is 30s, and can decrease automatically down to 100ms
 The read timeout is static at 2s.
 
 
+.SH "METADATA"
+.PP
+The forward plugin will publish the following metadata, if the \fImetadata\fP
+plugin is also enabled:
+
+.IP \(bu 4
+\fB\fCforward/upstream\fR: the upstream used to forward the request
+
+
 .SH "METRICS"
 .PP
 If monitoring is enabled (via the \fIprometheus\fP plugin) then the following metric are exported: