diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.markdown
index fe45ee01b..cebb1d484 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.markdown
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ builder.
     Not required if you run Packer on a GCE instance with a service account.
     Instructions for creating file or using service accounts are above.
 
+-   `address` (string) - The name of a pre-allocated static external IP address. 
+    Note, must be the name and not the actual IP address. 
+
 -   `disk_size` (integer) - The size of the disk in GB. This defaults to `10`,
     which is 10GB.