diff --git a/R/theme.R b/R/theme.R
index 62ac55f3c6..5f0589c0bc 100644
--- a/R/theme.R
+++ b/R/theme.R
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 #'   switched (`unit`)
 #'
 #' @param ... additional element specifications not part of base ggplot2. In general,
-#'   these should also be defined in the `element tree` argument.
+#'   these should also be defined in the `element tree` argument. [Splicing][rlang::splice] a list is also supported.
 #' @param complete set this to `TRUE` if this is a complete theme, such as
 #'   the one returned by [theme_grey()]. Complete themes behave
 #'   differently when added to a ggplot object. Also, when setting
diff --git a/man/theme.Rd b/man/theme.Rd
index 2709251fab..907edac835 100644
--- a/man/theme.Rd
+++ b/man/theme.Rd
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ theme(
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{...}{additional element specifications not part of base ggplot2. In general,
-these should also be defined in the \verb{element tree} argument.}
+these should also be defined in the \verb{element tree} argument. \link[rlang:splice]{Splicing} a list is also supported.}
 
 \item{line}{all line elements (\code{\link[=element_line]{element_line()}})}