diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 2e7edece3..8675cccb8 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Support for Python 3.6 was dropped.
 * Base image of the docker image changed from Debian Buster to Debian Bullseye due to its recent release.
 * The docker image now uses python 3.9.
 * Added the Luxembourgish locale. Thanks for translating!
+* `Daniel Albers`_ added support for making the files and folders ignored by the paperless consume folder scanner configurable. See ``PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS``.
 
 paperless-ng 1.4.5
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@@ -1494,6 +1495,7 @@ bulk of the work on this big change.
 .. _JOKer: https://github.com/MasterofJOKers
 .. _Brian Cribbs: https://github.com/cribbstechnolog
 .. _Brendan M. Sleight: https://github.com/bmsleight
+.. _Daniel Albers: https://github.com/AlD
 
 .. _#20: https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless/issues/20
 .. _#44: https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless/issues/44
diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index bd3fe1a4f..c5bb811f6 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -631,7 +631,13 @@ PAPERLESS_DATE_ORDER=<format>
     This option defaults to DMY which translates to day first, month second, and year
     last order. Characters D, M, or Y can be shuffled to meet the required order.
 
+PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS=<json>
+    By default, paperless ignores certain files and folders in the consumption
+    directory, such as system files created by the Mac OS.
 
+    This can be adjusted by configuring a custom json array with patterns to exclude.
+
+    Defautls to ``[".DS_STORE/*", "._*", ".stfolder/*"]``.
 
 Binaries
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