diff --git a/guide/src/format/config.md b/guide/src/format/config.md
index d9c77e66..bd83f62a 100644
--- a/guide/src/format/config.md
+++ b/guide/src/format/config.md
@@ -105,6 +105,25 @@ The following preprocessors are available and included by default:
 - `index`: Convert all chapter files named `README.md` into `index.md`. That is
   to say, all `README.md` would be rendered to an index file `index.html` in the
   rendered book.
+- `metadata`: Reads an optional TOML header from the markdown chapter sources
+  to provide chapter specific information. This data is then made available to
+  handlebars.js. The supported fields are `author`, `title`, `description`, `keywords`,
+  `date` and `modified`.
+
+**Sample Chapter**
+```toml
+---
+author = "Jane Doe" # this is written to the author meta tag
+title = "Blog Post #1" # this overwrites the default title handlebar
+date = "2021/02/14"
+keywords = [
+  "Rust",
+  "Blog",
+] # this sets the keywords meta tag
+description = "A blog about rust-lang" # this sets the description meta tag
+---
+This is my blog about rust.
+```
 
 
 **book.toml**
@@ -116,6 +135,8 @@ create-missing = false
 [preprocessor.links]
 
 [preprocessor.index]
+
+[preprocessor.metadata]
 ```
 
 ### Custom Preprocessor Configuration
diff --git a/guide/src/format/theme/index-hbs.md b/guide/src/format/theme/index-hbs.md
index e5331dcc..3c27ce8b 100644
--- a/guide/src/format/theme/index-hbs.md
+++ b/guide/src/format/theme/index-hbs.md
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Here is a list of the properties that are exposed:
   containing all the chapters of the book. It is used for example to construct
   the table of contents (sidebar).
 
+Further properties can be exposed through the `chapter_config` field of a `Chapter` which is accessible to preprocessors.
+
 ## Handlebars Helpers
 
 In addition to the properties you can access, there are some handlebars helpers