diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index b90ed95b..f9aca468 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1235,6 +1235,17 @@ Description
     You can use ``"all"`` instead of listing all values separately.
 
 
+extractor.generic.enabled
+-------------------------
+Type
+    ``bool``
+Default
+    ``false``
+Description
+    Match **all** URLs not otherwise supported by gallery-dl,
+    even ones without a ``generic:`` prefix.
+
+
 extractor.gfycat.format
 -----------------------
 Type
diff --git a/scripts/supportedsites.py b/scripts/supportedsites.py
index 0fdc69be..2e31becd 100755
--- a/scripts/supportedsites.py
+++ b/scripts/supportedsites.py
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ IGNORE_LIST = (
     "recursive",
     "test",
     "ytdl",
+    "generic",
 )