diff --git a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
index a40682e5b..332a14eb7 100644
--- a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ For Files Pipeline, use::
 
     ITEM_PIPELINES = {'scrapy.pipelines.files.FilesPipeline': 1}
 
-
 .. note::
     You can also use both the Files and Images Pipeline at the same time.
 
@@ -578,4 +577,12 @@ above::
             item['image_paths'] = image_paths
             return item
 
+
+To enable your custom media pipeline component you must add its class import path to the
+:setting:`ITEM_PIPELINES` setting, like in the following example::
+
+   ITEM_PIPELINES = {
+       'myproject.pipelines.MyImagesPipeline': 300
+   }
+
 .. _MD5 hash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5