diff --git a/doc/solarized8.txt b/doc/solarized8.txt
index fc49d47..da367b0 100644
--- a/doc/solarized8.txt
+++ b/doc/solarized8.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ the cursor is blue. NOTE: your terminal may override the cursor's color.
 	let g:solarized_old_cursor_style = 0
 <
 						*g:solarized_statusline*
-Set to `"low"` to reduce the contrast in the status line.
+Set to `"low"` to reduce the contrast in the status line. Set to `"flat"` to
+make the status lines, tab bars and vertical splits similar to how they look
+in the flat variant (of course, `"flat"` does not have any effect in the flat
+variant).
 >
 	let g:solarized_statusline = "normal"
 <
diff --git a/templates/_help.colortemplate b/templates/_help.colortemplate
index 435d19d..243e6a1 100644
--- a/templates/_help.colortemplate
+++ b/templates/_help.colortemplate
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ the cursor is blue. NOTE: your terminal may override the cursor's color.
 	let g:@optionprefix_old_cursor_style = 0
 <
 						*g:@optionprefix_statusline*
-Set to `"low"` to reduce the contrast in the status line.
+Set to `"low"` to reduce the contrast in the status line. Set to `"flat"` to
+make the status lines, tab bars and vertical splits similar to how they look
+in the flat variant (of course, `"flat"` does not have any effect in the flat
+variant).
 >
 	let g:@optionprefix_statusline = "normal"
 <