diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 3b61cb1a..38dfd3d7 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ Some of kakoune state is available through environment variables:
  * +kak_reg_x+: value of register x
  * +kak_socket+: filename of session socket (/tmp/kak-<session>)
  * +kak_client+: name of current client
+ * +kak_cursor_line+: line of the end of the last selection
+ * +kak_cursor_cursor+: cursor of the end of the last selection
 
 for example you can print informations on the current file in the status
 line using: