diff --git a/base/proposal.dtx b/base/proposal.dtx
index 272dca9..935c313 100644
--- a/base/proposal.dtx
+++ b/base/proposal.dtx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 % \subsection{Package Options}\label{sec:user:options}
 %
 % The |proposal| package takes the options |submit|, |noworkareas|, |RAM|, |deliverables|,
-% |wpsubsection|, |keys|, |svninfo|, |gitinfo|, and |public|.
+% |wpsubsection|, |keys|, |svninfo|, |gitinfo|, |numericcites|, and |public|.
 % 
 % The \DescribeMacro{submit}|submit| option will disable various proposal management decorations
 % which are enabled by default for submission.
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@
 % Analogously, the \DescribeMacro{gitinfo}|gitinfo| option uses the |gitinfo2| package for
 % GIT metadata. Note that you will need to install the post-commit hooks in your working
 % copy according to~\cite{gitinfo2:on} for this to work.
+% 
+% The \DescribeMacro{numericcites}|numericcites| option changes citations to numeric from
+% the default |alphabetic|.
 %
 % Finally, the \DescribeMacro{public}|public| option allows to hide certain sensitive
 % (e.g. financial) parts of the proposal. For this, the |proposal| class provides the