diff --git a/components/console/introduction.rst b/components/console/introduction.rst
index b97b10ce4b6..272781b629b 100755
--- a/components/console/introduction.rst
+++ b/components/console/introduction.rst
@@ -229,6 +229,44 @@ The command can now be used in either of the following ways:
$ app/console demo:greet Fabien
$ app/console demo:greet Fabien Potencier
+It is also possible to let an argument take a list of values (imagine you want
+to greet all your friends). For this it must be specified at the end of the
+argument list::
+
+ $this
+ // ...
+ ->addArgument(
+ 'names',
+ InputArgument::IS_ARRAY,
+ 'Who do you want to greet (separate multiple names with a space)?'
+ );
+
+You can now access the ``names`` argument as an array::
+
+ if ($names = $input->getArgument('names')) {
+ $text .= ' '.implode(', ', $names);
+ }
+
+There are 3 argument variants you can use:
+
+=========================== =================================================================================================
+Option Value
+=========================== =================================================================================================
+InputArgument::REQUIRED The argument is required
+InputArgument::OPTIONAL The argument is optional and therefore can be omitted
+InputArgument::IS_ARRAY Allows to specify an indefinite number of arguments, must be used at the end of the argument list
+=========================== =================================================================================================
+
+You can combine ``IS_ARRAY`` with ``REQUIRED`` and ``OPTIONAL`` like this::
+
+ $this
+ // ...
+ ->addArgument(
+ 'names',
+ InputArgument::IS_ARRAY | InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+ 'Who do you want to greet (separate multiple names with a space)?'
+ );
+
Using Command Options
---------------------
@@ -297,7 +335,7 @@ InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED This value is required (e.g. ``--iterations=5``), t
InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL This option may or may not have a value (e.g. ``yell`` or ``yell=loud``)
=========================== =====================================================================================
-You can combine VALUE_IS_ARRAY with VALUE_REQUIRED or VALUE_OPTIONAL like this:
+You can combine ``VALUE_IS_ARRAY`` with ``VALUE_REQUIRED`` or ``VALUE_OPTIONAL`` like this:
.. code-block:: php
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