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-rw-r--r--doc/ikiwiki/directive/tag.mdwn3
-rw-r--r--doc/plugins/tag.mdwn8
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/tag.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/tag.mdwn
index 807a96f25..c8d9b9816 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/tag.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/tag.mdwn
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ instead:
Note that if the wiki is configured to use a tagbase, then the tags will be
located under a base directory, such as "tags/". This is a useful way to
avoid having to write the full path to tags, if you want to keep them
-grouped together out of the way.
+grouped together out of the way. Also, since ikiwiki then knows where to put
+tags, it will automatically create tag pages when new tags are used.
Bear in mind that specifying a tagbase means you will need to incorporate it
into the `link()` [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] you use: e.g., if your tagbase is
diff --git a/doc/plugins/tag.mdwn b/doc/plugins/tag.mdwn
index bdf39d7e8..8e1286e62 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/tag.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/tag.mdwn
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ These directives allow tagging pages.
It also provides the `tagged()` [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], which can be used to
match pages that are tagged with a specific tag.
-If the `tag_autocreate` setting is enabled, tag pages will automatically be
-created as needed.
+The `tagbase` setting can be used to make tags default to being put in a
+particular subdirectory.
+
+The `tag_autocreate` setting can be used to control whether new tag pages
+are created as needed. It defaults to being done only if a `tagbase` is
+set.
[[!if test="enabled(tag)" then="""
This wiki has the tag plugin enabled, so you'll see a note below that this