diff --git a/awx/api/templates/api/api_v1_config_view.md b/awx/api/templates/api/api_v1_config_view.md
index bcaaf3d1c0..d731d6ee1d 100644
--- a/awx/api/templates/api/api_v1_config_view.md
+++ b/awx/api/templates/api/api_v1_config_view.md
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ the following fields (some fields may not be visible to all users):
 * `time_zone`: The configured time zone for the server.
 * `license_info`: Information about the current license.
 * `version`: Version of Ansible Tower (AWX) package installed.
+
+Make a POST request to this resource as a super user to install or update the
+existing license.  The license data itself can be POSTed as a normal json data
+structure.
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