diff --git a/R/configure.R b/R/configure.R
index 8c67d216..4edc2ba1 100644
--- a/R/configure.R
+++ b/R/configure.R
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ hermod_configure <- function(driver, ..., root = NULL) {
 ##' @param status Fetch a task status. Takes a vector of ids and
 ##'   returns a vector of the same length of statuses.
 ##'
+##' @param provision Provision a library. Works with conan, and must
+##'   accept `method`, `config`, `path_root` followed by `...` to pass
+##'   through to `conan::conan_configure`. It is expected this
+##'   function will trigger running conan to provision a library.
+##'
 ##' @export
 hermod_driver <- function(configure, submit, status, provision) {
   structure(list(configure = configure,
diff --git a/man/hermod_driver.Rd b/man/hermod_driver.Rd
index 7f2d910b..b6764547 100644
--- a/man/hermod_driver.Rd
+++ b/man/hermod_driver.Rd
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ arguments the task id, the configuration, the path to the root.}
 
 \item{status}{Fetch a task status. Takes a vector of ids and
 returns a vector of the same length of statuses.}
+
+\item{provision}{Provision a library. Works with conan, and must
+accept \code{method}, \code{config}, \code{path_root} followed by \code{...} to pass
+through to \code{conan::conan_configure}. It is expected this
+function will trigger running conan to provision a library.}
 }
 \description{
 Create a new hermod driver; this is intended to be used from other