diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3cb0fd79b3..f160ec06b1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ New Functionality
 
 - Bro now supports PPPoE over QinQ.
 
+- An expression of the form v += e will append the value of the expression
+  e to the end of the vector v (of course assuming type-compatbility).
+
 Changed Functionality
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/script-reference/types.rst b/doc/script-reference/types.rst
index f1d81f63ab..c3bacabbf8 100644
--- a/doc/script-reference/types.rst
+++ b/doc/script-reference/types.rst
@@ -599,6 +599,20 @@ Here is a more detailed description of each type:
 
         |v|
 
+    A particularly common operation on a vector is to append an element
+    to its end.  You can do so using:
+
+    .. code:: bro
+
+        v += e;
+
+    where if e's type is ``X``, v's type is ``vector of X``.  Note that
+    this expression is equivalent to:
+
+    .. code:: bro
+
+        v[|v|] = e;
+
     Vectors of integral types (``int`` or ``count``) support the pre-increment
     (``++``) and pre-decrement operators (``--``), which will increment or
     decrement each element in the vector.