diff --git a/dlib/svm/structural_object_detection_trainer_abstract.h b/dlib/svm/structural_object_detection_trainer_abstract.h
index 4cf351462..3373b4380 100644
--- a/dlib/svm/structural_object_detection_trainer_abstract.h
+++ b/dlib/svm/structural_object_detection_trainer_abstract.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace dlib
/*!
REQUIREMENTS ON image_scanner_type
image_scanner_type must be an implementation of
+ dlib/image_processing/scan_fhog_pyramid_abstract.h or
+ dlib/image_processing/scan_image_custom_abstract.h or
dlib/image_processing/scan_image_pyramid_abstract.h or
dlib/image_processing/scan_image_boxes_abstract.h
diff --git a/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem_abstract.h b/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem_abstract.h
index 6bb6c47a9..b7f8a3e36 100644
--- a/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem_abstract.h
+++ b/dlib/svm/structural_svm_object_detection_problem_abstract.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ namespace dlib
/*!
REQUIREMENTS ON image_scanner_type
image_scanner_type must be an implementation of
+ dlib/image_processing/scan_fhog_pyramid_abstract.h or
+ dlib/image_processing/scan_image_custom_abstract.h or
dlib/image_processing/scan_image_pyramid_abstract.h or
dlib/image_processing/scan_image_boxes_abstract.h
diff --git a/docs/docs/imaging.xml b/docs/docs/imaging.xml
index e365890e1..026fb54d9 100644
--- a/docs/docs/imaging.xml
+++ b/docs/docs/imaging.xml
@@ -1024,6 +1024,7 @@