diff --git a/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst b/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst
index 74be9ba0b..9e5ba1ffd 100644
--- a/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst
@@ -271,6 +271,16 @@ Prerequisites
 
           cmake -DOPENMC_USE_DAGMC=on -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/path/to/dagmc/installation ..
 
+    * NCrystal_ library for defining materials with enhanced thermal neutron transport
+
+      Adding this option allows the creation of materials from NCrystal, which
+      replaces the scattering kernel treatment of ACE files with a modular, on-the-fly approach.
+      To use it `install <https://github.com/mctools/ncrystal/wiki/Get-NCrystal>`_ and 
+      `initialize <https://github.com/mctools/ncrystal/wiki/Using-NCrystal#setting-up>`_
+      NCrystal and turn on the option in the CMake configuration step:
+
+          cmake -DOPENMC_USE_NCRYSTAL=on ..
+
     * libMesh_ mesh library framework for numerical simulations of partial differential equations
 
       This optional dependency enables support for unstructured mesh tally
@@ -294,6 +304,7 @@ Prerequisites
 .. _MOAB: https://bitbucket.org/fathomteam/moab
 .. _libMesh: https://libmesh.github.io/
 .. _libpng: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
+.. _NCrystal: https://github.com/mctools/ncrystal
 
 Obtaining the Source
 --------------------
@@ -362,6 +373,12 @@ OPENMC_USE_DAGMC
   should also be defined as `DAGMC_ROOT` in the CMake configuration command.
   (Default: off)
 
+OPENMC_USE_NCRYSTAL
+  Turns on support for NCrystal materials. NCrystal must be 
+  `installed <https://github.com/mctools/ncrystal/wiki/Get-NCrystal>`_ and 
+  `initialized <https://github.com/mctools/ncrystal/wiki/Using-NCrystal#setting-up>`_.
+  (Default: off)
+
 OPENMC_USE_LIBMESH
   Enables the use of unstructured mesh tallies with libMesh_. (Default: off)