diff --git a/docs/schema/file.md b/docs/schema/file.md
index cf0b9f4..c3e3952 100644
--- a/docs/schema/file.md
+++ b/docs/schema/file.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   "install": [],
   "hashes": {
     "sha1": "somesha1checksum"
-  }
+  },
+  "meta": {}
 }
 ```
 
@@ -51,3 +52,6 @@ value is the checksum.
 Supported hash algorithms:
 - `sha1`
 
+### meta
+
+This is a [meta object](meta.md) containing metadata about the file. it SHOULD only contain [additional metadata](meta.md#additional).
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