diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ default, this module uses the dismax query handler, so searches like
 [1] http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_9_1/queryparsersyntax.html
 [2] http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrQuerySyntax
 
+Search API Solr supports using a custom connection class to connect your Search API
+instance to your Solr server. In order to do this, you need to implement the 
+hook_search_api_service_info_alter() hook to change the 'class' attribute of the
+'search_api_solr_service' information to your custom class that extends the 
+SearchApiSolrService. This would then alllow you to easily override the existing
+$connection_class to define your custom connection class.
+
 Regarding third-party features, the following are supported:
 
 - search_api_autocomplete