diff --git a/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm b/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm
index bbee76c..6ab29b0 100644
--- a/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm
+++ b/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ The type of the issue. Possible values are:
 
 =item I<task> - a simple task, which should be done (please use rarely)
 
+=item I<epic> - an epic , normally consisting out of multiple issues
+
 =back
 
 The default values is B<bug>.
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ has 'type' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Str', default => 'bug', trigger => sub {
 
             die("unknown value (" . $new . ")") unless lc($new) eq "bug" || lc($new) eq "security-bug" ||
                                                        lc($new) eq "improvement" || lc($new) eq "feature" ||
-                                                       lc($new) eq "task";
+                                                       lc($new) eq "task" || lc($$new) eq "epic";
 });
 
 =attr status