diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47ac62fe01..be2adbc4e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ By @cwfitzgerald in [#5325](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5325).
 ### Documentation
 
 - Document Wayland specific behavior related to `SurfaceTexture::present`. By @i509VCB in [#5092](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5092).
+- Add mention of primitive restart in the description of `PrimitiveState::strip_index_format`. By @cpsdqs in [#5350](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5350)
 
 ### New features
 
diff --git a/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs b/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
index a68945452f..96b8667013 100644
--- a/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -2129,6 +2129,9 @@ pub struct PrimitiveState {
     pub topology: PrimitiveTopology,
     /// When drawing strip topologies with indices, this is the required format for the index buffer.
     /// This has no effect on non-indexed or non-strip draws.
+    ///
+    /// Specifying this value enables primitive restart, allowing individual strips to be separated
+    /// with the index value `0xFFFF` when using `Uint16`, or `0xFFFFFFFF` when using `Uint32`.
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(default))]
     pub strip_index_format: Option<IndexFormat>,
     /// The face to consider the front for the purpose of culling and stencil operations.