diff --git a/docs/add-a-system-config.rst b/docs/add-a-system-config.rst
index 124517a3c..93504d059 100644
--- a/docs/add-a-system-config.rst
+++ b/docs/add-a-system-config.rst
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ where::
   INTEGRATOR = COMPANY[_PRODUCTNAME][...]
 
 Benchpark has definitions for the following systems:
+
 - AWS_PCluster_Hpc7a-zen4-EFA
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 - HPECray-zen3-MI250X-Slingshot	(Frontier, Lumi, Tioga)
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 - IBM-power9-V100-Infiniband	(Sierra)
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 - Penguin-icelake-OmniPath
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 - x86_64                        (generic x86 CPU only platform)
 
 The following files are required for each system ``benchpark/configs/${SYSTEM}``:
@@ -90,4 +95,4 @@ spack section in the `Ramble configuration file
 by adding Spack config files in ``benchpark/configs/${SYSTEM}/auxiliary_software_files/``.
 
 - `compilers.yaml <https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html#compiler-config>`_ defines the compilers installed on the system.
-- `packages.yaml <https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build_settings.html#package-settings-packages-yaml>`_ defines the pre-installed packages  (e.g., system MPI) on the system.
+- `packages.yaml <https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build_settings.html#package-settings-packages-yaml>`_ defines the pre-installed packages  (e.g., system MPI) on the system.  One way to populate this list is to find available external packages: `spack external <https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/v0.21.0/command_index.html#spack-external>`.