diff --git a/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md b/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md
index 57c2283586..17bdac56e9 100644
--- a/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md
+++ b/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md
@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ spec:
   system: artist-engagement-portal
   dependsOn:
     - resource:default/artists-db
+  dependencyOf:
+    - component:default/artist-web-lookup
   providesApis:
     - artist-api
 ```
@@ -636,6 +638,17 @@ field is optional.
 | [`Component`](#kind-component)          | Same as this entity, typically `default`   | [`dependsOn`, and reverse `dependencyOf`](well-known-relations.md#dependson-and-dependencyof) |
 | [`Resource`](#kind-resource)            | Same as this entity, typically `default`   | [`dependsOn`, and reverse `dependencyOf`](well-known-relations.md#dependson-and-dependencyof) |
 
+### `spec.dependencyOf` [optional]
+
+An array of [entity references](references.md#string-references) to the
+components and resources that the component is a dependency of, e.g. `artist-web-lookup`.
+This field is optional.
+
+| [`kind`](#apiversion-and-kind-required) | Default [`namespace`](#namespace-optional) | Generated [relation](well-known-relations.md) type                                            |
+| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [`Component`](#kind-component)          | Same as this entity, typically `default`   | [`dependencyOf`, and reverse `dependsOn`](well-known-relations.md#dependson-and-dependencyof) |
+| [`Resource`](#kind-resource)            | Same as this entity, typically `default`   | [`dependencyOf`, and reverse `dependsOn`](well-known-relations.md#dependson-and-dependencyof) |
+
 ## Kind: Template
 
 The following describes the following entity kind: