diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d6fa76..ed335f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Please report any bugs you encounter by [creating a GitHub issue](https://github
 
 **General changes:**
 * Fix occasional bug with expiring blocks where the bot would send the expiry message multiple times
+* Plugins can now also be installed from NPM modules
+  * Example: `plugins[] = npm:some-plugin-package`
 
 **Plugins:**
 * Log storage functions `getLogUrl()`, `getLogFile()`, `getLogCustomResponse()` now take the entire thread object as an argument rather than the thread ID
diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index b323f38..b264533 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 The bot supports loading external plugins.
 
 ## Specifying plugins to load
-For each plugin file you'd like to load, add the file path to the [`plugins` option](configuration.md#plugins).
-The path is relative to the bot's folder.
-Plugins are automatically loaded on bot startup.
+Plugins can be loaded either from local files or NPM. Examples:
+```ini
+# Local file
+plugins[] = ./path/to/plugin.js
+# NPM package
+plugins[] = npm:some-plugin-package
+```
+Paths to local files are always relative to the bot's folder.
+NPM plugins are automatically installed on bot start-up.
 
 ## Creating a plugin
 Plugins are simply `.js` files that export a function that gets called when the plugin is loaded.