diff --git a/docs/docs/pyproject.md b/docs/docs/pyproject.md
index 14221b8b03a..bdcc6e0bc49 100644
--- a/docs/docs/pyproject.md
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@@ -243,15 +243,32 @@ mysqlclient = { version = "^1.3", optional = true }
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 mysql = ["mysqlclient"]
 pgsql = ["psycopg2"]
+databases = ["mysqlclient", "psycopg2"]
 ```
 
-When installing packages, you can specify extras by using the `-E|--extras` option:
+When installing packages with Poetry, you can specify extras by using the `-E|--extras` option:
 
 ```bash
 poetry install --extras "mysql pgsql"
 poetry install -E mysql -E pgsql
 ```
 
+When installing or specifying Poetry-built packages, the extras defined in this section can be activated 
+as described in [PEP 508](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0508/#extras).
+
+For example, when installing the package using `pip`, the dependencies required by 
+the `databases` extra can be installed as shown below.
+
+```bash
+pip install awesome[databases]
+```
+
+!!!note
+
+    The dependencies specified for each `extra` must already be defined as project dependencies.
+    Dependencies listed in the `dev-dependencies` section cannot be specified as extras.
+
+
 ## `plugins`
 
 Poetry supports arbitrary plugins which work similarly to