diff --git a/docs/source/console.rst b/docs/source/console.rst
index 05a3a653..ca926709 100644
--- a/docs/source/console.rst
+++ b/docs/source/console.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ There may be situations where you want to capture the output from a Console rath
     console.print("[bold red]Hello[/] World")
     str_output = console.file.getvalue()
 
+You may also want to set ``force_terminal=True`` on the Console constructor if you want control codes for colour and style in the resulting string.
 
 Terminal detection
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