diff --git a/documentation/docs/user_guide/inputs/cable_nml.md b/documentation/docs/user_guide/inputs/cable_nml.md
index 387e8f4bb..71343bee3 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/user_guide/inputs/cable_nml.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/user_guide/inputs/cable_nml.md
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ applications. The following are annotated examples of cable.nml:
 | cable_user%l_revised_coupling    | logical            | .TRUE. .FALSE.                                             | .FALSE.                          | Revised coupling on implicit step of ACCESS-CM2.                                                        |
 | cable_user%l_rev_corr            | logical            | .TRUE. .FALSE.                                             | .FALSE.                          | Apply revised sensitvity/correction terms to soilsnow energy balance.                                   |
 | cable_user%soil_thermal_fix      | logical            | .TRUE. .FALSE.                                             | .FALSE.                          | Snow capping depth?                                                                                     |
-| cable_user%phenology_switch      | character(len=20)  | 'MODIS' 'climate'                                          | 'MODIS'                          | ?                                                                                                       |
-| cable_user%RunIden               | character(len=10)  | any string of max. 10 characters                           | 'STANDARD'                       | ?                                                                                                       |
-| cable_user%MetType               | character(len=6)   | any string of max. 6 characters                            | ' '                              | ?                                                                                                       |
-| cable_user%soil_struc            | character(len=20)  | 'default' 'sli'                                            | 'default'                        | ?                                                                                                       |
-| cable_user%POP_out               | character(len=3)   | 'epi' 'rst'                                                | 'rst'                            | ?                                                                                                       |
-| cable_user%POP_rst               | character(len=50)  | any string of max. 50 characters                           | ' '                              | ?                                                                                                       |
+| cable_user%phenology_switch      | character(len=20)  | 'MODIS' 'climate'                                          | 'MODIS'                          | Use prescribed MODIS phenology or climate dependant phenology.                                          |
+| cable_user%RunIden               | character(len=10)  | any string of max. 10 characters                           | 'STANDARD'                       | Run identifier string for input/output files.                                                           |
+| cable_user%MetType               | character(len=6)   | '' 'gswp' 'gswp3' 'gpgs' 'plum' 'cru' 'site' 'bios'        | ' '                              | Type of input meteorological data.                                                                      |
+| cable_user%soil_struc            | character(len=20)  | 'default' 'sli'                                            | 'default'                        | Use default or soil-litter-iso soil model.                                                              |
+| cable_user%POP_out               | character(len=3)   | 'epi' 'rst' 'ini'                                          | 'rst'                            | POP restart file type. `epi` is end of year state `'rst'` is a standard restart file, `'ini'` is an initialisation restart file. |
+| cable_user%POP_rst               | character(len=50)  | any string of max. 50 characters                           | ' '                              | POP restart file directory.                                                                                                       |
 | cable_user%casa_out_freq         | character(len=8)   | 'daily' 'monthly' 'annually'                               | 'annually'                       | CASA output frequency                                                                                   |
 | cable_user%vcmax                 | character(len=10)  | 'standard' 'Walker2014'                                    | 'standard'                       | ?                                                                                                       |
 | cable_user%POPLUC_RunType        | character(len=10)  | 'static' 'init' 'restart'                                  | 'static'                         | ?                                                                                                       |