diff --git a/docs/configuration/execution-config.rst b/docs/configuration/execution-config.rst
index dd9758d55..249a5bbc3 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/execution-config.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration/execution-config.rst
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ The ``ExecutionConfig`` class takes the following arguments:
 - ``test_indirect_selection``: The mode to configure the test behavior when performing indirect selection.
 - ``dbt_executable_path``: The path to the dbt executable for dag generation. Defaults to dbt if available on the path.
 - ``dbt_project_path``: Configures the dbt project location accessible at runtime for dag execution. This is the project path in a docker container for ``ExecutionMode.DOCKER`` or ``ExecutionMode.KUBERNETES``. Mutually exclusive with ``ProjectConfig.dbt_project_path``.
+- ``virtualenv_dir`` (new in v1.6): Directory path to locate the (cached) virtual env that should be used for execution when execution mode is set to ``ExecutionMode.VIRTUALENV``.