diff --git a/doc/userguide/output/lua-output.rst b/doc/userguide/output/lua-output.rst
index d1193ae95d..158c0505b0 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/output/lua-output.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/output/lua-output.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,22 @@ Example:
       end
   end
 
+SCFlowHasAlerts
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Returns true if flow has alerts.
+
+Example:
+
+::
+
+  function log(args)
+      has_alerts = SCFlowHasAlerts()
+      if has_alerts then
+          -- do something
+      end
+  end
+
 SCFlowStats
 ~~~~~~~~~~~