diff --git a/reference/configuration/framework.rst b/reference/configuration/framework.rst
index fc07929a40f..32f8cb2bdfb 100644
--- a/reference/configuration/framework.rst
+++ b/reference/configuration/framework.rst
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ Configuration
 
     * :ref:`paths <reference-validation-mapping-paths>`
 
+  * `static_method`_
   * `strict_email`_
   * `translation_domain`_
 
@@ -1735,6 +1736,16 @@ translation_domain
 The translation domain that is used when translating validation constraint
 error messages.
 
+static_method
+.............
+
+**type**: ``string | array`` **default**: ``['loadValidatorMetadata']``
+
+Defines the name of the static method which is called to load the validation
+metadata of the class. You can define an array of strings with the names of
+several methods. In that case, all of them will be called in that order to load
+the metadata.
+
 strict_email
 ............