diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 306ea928..72599f00 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1134,15 +1134,16 @@ Type
 Default
     ``"file"``
 Example
-    * ``"file,skip"``
-    * ``["file", "skip"]``
+    * ``"after,skip"``
+    * ``["after", "skip"]``
 Description
     `Event(s) <metadata.event_>`__
     for which IDs get written to an
     `archive <extractor.*.archive_>`__.
-
-    Available events are:
-    ``file``, ``skip``
+Available Events
+    * ``file``
+    * ``after``
+    * ``skip``
 
 
 extractor.*.archive-format
diff --git a/gallery_dl/job.py b/gallery_dl/job.py
index 9369e5d0..c0eb5e62 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/job.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/job.py
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ class DownloadJob(Job):
         if "after" in hooks:
             for callback in hooks["after"]:
                 callback(pathfmt)
+        if archive and self._archive_write_after:
+            archive.add(kwdict)
 
     def handle_directory(self, kwdict):
         """Set and create the target directory for downloads"""
@@ -593,11 +595,13 @@ class DownloadJob(Job):
                 if events is None:
                     self._archive_write_file = True
                     self._archive_write_skip = False
+                    self._archive_write_after = False
                 else:
                     if isinstance(events, str):
                         events = events.split(",")
                     self._archive_write_file = ("file" in events)
                     self._archive_write_skip = ("skip" in events)
+                    self._archive_write_after = ("after" in events)
 
         if skip := cfg("skip", True):
             self._skipexc = None