diff --git a/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/files.rst b/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/files.rst
index 5ac59359..87759db0 100644
--- a/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/files.rst
+++ b/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/files.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Parameters
 **Name**                         **Type**  **Default**
 -------------------------------  --------  ------------------------------------------------
 symlinks                         hash      hiera('files::symlinks')
+directories                      hash      hiera_hash('files::directories')
 ===============================  ========  ================================================
 
 
@@ -25,3 +26,20 @@ Example::
 
   files::symlinks:
     '/opt/foo': '/var/lib/foo'
+
+
+
+``directories``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A hash specifying directories to be created. The keys of the hash are the absolute
+pathnames of the directory, the optional values can be ``owner``, ``group`` (default is ``root`` for both) and the ``mode`` (default ``755``). Parent directories are automatically created with default settings. If that is not desired, do a custom definition for each parent directory too.
+
+Example::
+
+  files::directories:
+    /etc/test1:
+    /etc/test2/foo/bar:
+      owner: 'buchel_k'
+      group: 'unx-nogroup'
+      mode: '775'