diff --git a/docs/interface/higan-settings.md b/docs/interface/higan-settings.md
index 00f18435..f31358e0 100644
--- a/docs/interface/higan-settings.md
+++ b/docs/interface/higan-settings.md
@@ -315,6 +315,13 @@ instead of the emulated console.
     If your PC struggles to hit "real time"
     (60fps for most emulated consoles),
     this likely won't have any effect.
+  - **Soft Reset** restarts the emulated console's CPU
+    while leaving the console's memory untouched,
+    just like the "Soft Reset" menu item
+    in [the console menu](higan.md#the-console-menu).
+    This hotkey does nothing
+    when the "Soft Reset" item
+    does not appear in the console menu.
   - **Power Cycle** turns the emulated console off and back on
     (a "hard reset"),
     just like the "Power Cycle" menu item
diff --git a/docs/interface/higan.md b/docs/interface/higan.md
index 610512ec..1a74b453 100644
--- a/docs/interface/higan.md
+++ b/docs/interface/higan.md
@@ -91,6 +91,27 @@ This option allows the same program
 to control the emulated SNES,
 for development or testing.
 
+**Soft Reset**
+restarts the emulated console's CPU
+while leaving the console's memory untouched,
+like pressing the "reset" button
+on a physical console.
+
+This menu item does not appear
+for consoles that did not have a "reset" button,
+like hand-helds.
+
+It also does not appear for the Sega Master System,
+since that console's reset button is wired up like a controller
+rather than directly attached to the CPU.
+To reset the Master System,
+bind a keyboard or joypad button
+to the "Reset" function
+on the "Controls" controller
+in the "Hardware" port
+of the Sega Master System
+in [higan's Input settings](higan-settings.md#input).
+
 **Power Cycle**
 restarts the loaded game
 as though the emulated console were switched off and on again.