diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 3a4a030c3..f0f02230e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ CMD_DOC_SRC := doc_src/count.txt doc_src/dirh.txt doc_src/dirs.txt	\
 	doc_src/nextd.txt doc_src/open.txt doc_src/popd.txt				\
 	doc_src/prevd.txt doc_src/psub.txt doc_src/pushd.txt			\
 	doc_src/set_color.txt doc_src/tokenize.txt doc_src/type.txt		\
-	doc_src/umask.txt
+	doc_src/umask.txt doc_src/vared.txt
 
 #
 # Files generated by running doxygen on the files in $(CMD_DOC_SRC)
diff --git a/doc_src/vared.txt b/doc_src/vared.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e32ee80dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc_src/vared.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+\section vared vared - Interactively edit the value of an environment variable 
+
+\subsection vared-synopsis Synopsis
+ <tt>vared VARIABLE_NAME</tt>
+
+\subsection vared-description Description
+
+vared is used to interactively edit the value of an environment
+variable. Array variables as a whole can not be edited using vared,
+but individual array elements can. 
+
+\subsection vared-example Example
+
+<code>vared PATH[3]</code> edits the third element of the PATH array