diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 095c4007..1ac192cf 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -86,4 +86,5 @@ that much better:
  * jwilder
  * Joe Shaw
  * Adam Flynn
+ * Ankhbayar
  * Jan Schrewe
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 81b34306..003a59fd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 Changes in dev
 ==============
 
+- Added db_alias support to individual documents
 - Fixed GridFS documents can now be pickled
 - Added Now raises an InvalidDocumentError when declaring multiple fields with the same db_field
 - Added InvalidQueryError when calling with_id with a filter
diff --git a/docs/guide/connecting.rst b/docs/guide/connecting.rst
index a51d68e6..470dcb88 100644
--- a/docs/guide/connecting.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/connecting.rst
@@ -30,3 +30,24 @@ for the connection - if no `alias` is provided then "default" is used.
 
 In the background this uses :func:`~mongoengine.register_connection` to
 store the data and you can register all aliases up front if required.
+
+Individual documents can also support multiple databases by providing a
+`db_alias` in their meta data.  This allows :class:`~pymongo.dbref.DBRef` objects
+to point across databases and collections.  Below is an example schema, using
+3 different databases to store data::
+
+        class User(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+
+            meta = {"db_alias": "user-db"}
+
+        class Book(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+
+            meta = {"db_alias": "book-db"}
+
+        class AuthorBooks(Document):
+            author = ReferenceField(User)
+            book = ReferenceField(Book)
+
+            meta = {"db_alias": "users-books-db"}