diff --git a/docs/components/secure-partition-manager.rst b/docs/components/secure-partition-manager.rst
index a598e5f..af298e3 100644
--- a/docs/components/secure-partition-manager.rst
+++ b/docs/components/secure-partition-manager.rst
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@
 The SP owner can either be the silicon or the platform provider. The
 corresponding "owner" field value can either take the value of "SiP" or "Plat".
 In absence of "owner" field, it defaults to "SiP" owner.
+The UUID of the partition can be specified as a field in the description file or
+if it does not exist there the UUID is extracted from the DTS partition
+manifest.
 
 .. code:: shell
 
@@ -350,7 +353,8 @@
         "tee1" : {
             "image": "tee1.bin",
              "pm": "tee1.dts",
-             "owner": "SiP"
+             "owner": "SiP",
+             "uuid": "1b1820fe-48f7-4175-8999-d51da00b7c9f"
         },
 
         "tee2" : {
@@ -1284,4 +1288,4 @@
 
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+*Copyright (c) 2020-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*