diff --git a/docs/features/software-templates/writing-templates.md b/docs/features/software-templates/writing-templates.md
index f58db3ae91..bb921bd54b 100644
--- a/docs/features/software-templates/writing-templates.md
+++ b/docs/features/software-templates/writing-templates.md
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ template. These follow the same standard format:
 ```yaml
 - id: fetch-base # A unique id for the step
   name: Fetch Base # A title displayed in the frontend
+  if: '{{ parameters.name }}' # Optional condition, skip the step if not truthy
   action: fetch:cookiecutter # an action to call
   input: # input that is passed as arguments to the action handler
     url: ./template
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json b/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json
index 0bf8522fa4..01a012e5aa 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
                   },
                   "if": {
                     "type": ["string", "boolean"],
-                    "description": "A templated condition that skips the step when evaluated to false. If the condition is true or not defined, the step is executed."
+                    "description": "A templated condition that skips the step when evaluated to false. If the condition is true or not defined, the step is executed. The condition is true, if the input is not `false`, `undefined`, `null`, `\"\"`, `0`, or `[]`."
                   }
                 }
               }