diff --git a/components/ethernet.rst b/components/ethernet.rst
index f5779836b..bc2a5b4de 100644
--- a/components/ethernet.rst
+++ b/components/ethernet.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Configuration variables:
   - ``KSZ8081`` (RMII)
   - ``KSZ8081RNA`` (RMII)
   - ``W5500`` (SPI)
+  - ``OPENETH`` (QEMU, ESP-IDF only)
 
 RMII configuration variables:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -287,6 +288,14 @@ Configuration examples
       phy_addr: 0
       power_pin: GPIO12
 
+
+**QEMU qemu-system-xtensa**:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    ethernet:
+      type: OPENETH
+
 See Also
 --------