diff --git a/doc/issue_tracker.txt b/doc/issue_tracker.txt
index bae9f87d32..4b6a8a1341 100644
--- a/doc/issue_tracker.txt
+++ b/doc/issue_tracker.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ Type/Status/Substatus:
 */closed/invalid
     Bugs caused by user errors, random ineligible or otherwise nonsense stuff.
 
+*/closed/needs_more_info
+    Issues for which some information has been requested by the developers,
+    but which has not been provided by anyone within reasonable time.
+
 bug/open/reproduced
     Bugs which have been reproduced.