diff --git a/docs/explorer.rst b/docs/explorer.rst
index 133421c3..66072079 100644
--- a/docs/explorer.rst
+++ b/docs/explorer.rst
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ The `SurfaceCollection` object has a filter method and properties for getting fi
 
     surfaces = case.surfaces.filter(iteration="iter-0")
 
+    contents = surfaces.contents
+    
+    surfaces = surfaces.filter(
+        content=contents[0]
+        )
+
     names = surfaces.names 
 
     surfaces = surfaces.filter(
@@ -243,7 +249,8 @@ The `SurfaceCollection.filter` method takes the following parameters:
 
 * uuid
 * name 
-* tagname
+* tagname 
+* content 
 * dataformat
 * iteration 
 * realization 
@@ -280,7 +287,8 @@ Example: get aggregated surfaces
 We can get list of filter values for the following properties:
 
 * names
-* tagnames
+* contents 
+* tagnames 
 * dataformats
 * iterations 
 * realizations
@@ -304,6 +312,7 @@ Once we have a `Surface` object we can get surface metadata using properties:
 
     surface = case.surfaces[0]
 
+    print(surface.content)
     print(surface.uuid)
     print(surface.name)
     print(surface.tagname)
@@ -485,6 +494,7 @@ The `SurfaceCollection` class can be used to do on-demand surface aggregations.
 
     surfaces = case.surfaces.filter(
         stage="realization",
+        content="depth",
         iteration="iter-0",
         name="Valysar Fm.",
         tagname="FACIES_Fraction_Channel"
diff --git a/examples/explorer.ipynb b/examples/explorer.ipynb
index 2d4680ce..bf88811f 100644
--- a/examples/explorer.ipynb
+++ b/examples/explorer.ipynb
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@
     "# Filter on iteration\n",
     "surfs = surfs.filter(iteration=\"iter-0\")\n",
     "\n",
+    "# Get available contents\n",
+    "print(\"Contents:\", surfs.contents)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Filter on content\n",
+    "surfs = surfs.filter(content=\"depth\")\n",
+    "\n",
     "# Get available names\n",
     "print(\"Names:\", surfs.names)\n",
     "\n",
@@ -136,18 +142,18 @@
     "    print(\"Format:\", surf.dataformat)\n",
     "    print(\"Realization:\", surf.realization)\n",
     "\n",
-    "# Select surface instance\n",
+    "# Select one surface instance\n",
     "surf = surfs[0]\n",
     "\n",
     "print(\"\\nSelected surface:\")\n",
-    "print(\"ID:\", surf.uuid)\n",
+    "print(\"Uuid:\", surf.uuid)\n",
     "print(\"Name:\", surf.name)\n",
+    "print(\"Content:\", surf.content)\n",
     "print(\"Tagname:\", surf.tagname)\n",
     "print(\"Format:\", surf.dataformat)\n",
     "print(\"Iteration:\", surf.iteration)\n",
     "print(\"Realization:\", surf.realization)\n",
-    "print(\"stratigraphic\", surf.stratigraphic)\n",
-    "print(\"vertical domain\", surf.vertical_domain)\n",
+    "print(\"vertical domain:\", surf.vertical_domain)\n",
     "\n",
     "# xtgeo.RegularSurface\n",
     "reg_surf = surf.to_regular_surface()\n",
diff --git a/src/fmu/sumo/explorer/objects/_child.py b/src/fmu/sumo/explorer/objects/_child.py
index 40d944f7..9d55b3ff 100644
--- a/src/fmu/sumo/explorer/objects/_child.py
+++ b/src/fmu/sumo/explorer/objects/_child.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ def name(self) -> str:
         """Object name"""
         return self._get_property(["data", "name"])
 
+    @property
+    def content(self) -> str:
+        """Content"""
+        return self._get_property(["data", "content"])
+
     @property
     def tagname(self) -> str:
         """Object tagname"""
diff --git a/tests/test_explorer.py b/tests/test_explorer.py
index d786fe10..984ca6fa 100644
--- a/tests/test_explorer.py
+++ b/tests/test_explorer.py
@@ -238,6 +238,13 @@ def test_case_surfaces_filter(test_case: Case):
         assert surf.iteration == "iter-0"
         assert surf.name == "Valysar Fm."
 
+    # filter on content
+    non_valid_content_surfs = real_surfs.filter(content="___not_valid")
+    assert len(non_valid_content_surfs) == 0
+
+    real_surfs = real_surfs.filter(content="depth")
+    assert len(real_surfs) == 56
+
     # filter on tagname
     non_valid_tagname_surfs = real_surfs.filter(tagname="___not_valid")
     assert len(non_valid_tagname_surfs) == 0