diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
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--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -4611,6 +4611,46 @@ The following fields are recognized:
[MARC relators]: http://loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html
[`spine` element]: http://idpf.org/epub/301/spec/epub-publications.html#sec-spine-elem
+The `epub:type` attribute
+-------------------------
+
+You can mark up the header that corresponds to an EPUB chapter using the
+[`epub:type` attribute][epub-type]. For example, to set the attribute
+to the value `prologue`, use this markdown:
+
+ # My chapter {epub:type=prologue}
+
+Which will result in:
+
+ <body epub:type="frontmatter">
+ <section epub:type="prologue">
+ <h1>My chapter</h1>
+
+Pandoc will output `<body epub:type="bodymatter">`, unless
+you use one of the following values, in which case either
+`frontmatter` or `backmatter` will be output.
+
+`epub:type` of first section `epub:type` of body
+---------------------------- ------------------
+prologue frontmatter
+abstract frontmatter
+acknowledgments frontmatter
+copyright-page frontmatter
+dedication frontmatter
+foreword frontmatter
+halftitle, frontmatter
+introduction frontmatter
+preface frontmatter
+seriespage frontmatter
+titlepage frontmatter
+afterword backmatter
+appendix backmatter
+colophon backmatter
+conclusion backmatter
+epigraph backmatter
+
+[epub-type]: http://www.idpf.org/epub/31/spec/epub-contentdocs.html#sec-epub-type-attribute
+
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