diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
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@@ -458,9 +458,12 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
   <td><code>spark.shuffle.manager</code></td>
   <td>sort</td>
   <td>
-    Implementation to use for shuffling data. There are two implementations available:
-    <code>sort</code> and <code>hash</code>. Sort-based shuffle is more memory-efficient and is
-    the default option starting in 1.2.
+    Implementation to use for shuffling data. There are three implementations available:
+    <code>sort</code>, <code>hash</code> and the new (1.5+) <code>tungsten-sort</code>.
+    Sort-based shuffle is more memory-efficient and is the default option starting in 1.2.
+    Tungsten-sort is similar to the sort based shuffle, with a direct binary cache-friendly
+    implementation with a fall back to regular sort based shuffle if its requirements are not
+    met.
   </td>
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