diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 1b7ad8c278..d92ed424ee 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc',
               'sphinx.ext.doctest',
               'oslosphinx',
               'ext.resources',
+              'ext.tablefromtext',
               'stevedore.sphinxext']
 
 todo_include_todos = True
diff --git a/doc/source/ext/tablefromtext.py b/doc/source/ext/tablefromtext.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84586ff59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/ext/tablefromtext.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+import re
+
+from docutils import nodes
+from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
+from docutils.parsers.rst.directives.tables import Table
+
+
+class TableFromText(Table):
+    """
+    Take input from a file and create a simple table.
+
+    Exanple:
+
+    .. table_from_text:: ../setup.cfg
+    :header: Name,Plug-in
+    :regex: (.*)=(.*)
+    :start-after: heat.constraints =
+    :end-before: heat.stack_lifecycle_plugins =
+    :sort:
+
+    file: input file relative to source directory
+    header: comma separated list of column titles
+    regex: regular expression to parse the source line into columns
+    start-after: string to look for to start column data
+    end-before: string to look for to end column data
+    sort: flag for sorting column data
+    """
+
+    required_arguments = 1
+    option_spec = {
+        'header': directives.unchanged_required,
+        'regex': directives.unchanged_required,
+        'start-after': directives.unchanged_required,
+        'end-before': directives.unchanged_required,
+        'sort': directives.flag
+    }
+
+    def run(self):
+        header = self.options.get('header').split(',')
+        lines = self._get_lines()
+        regex = self.options.get('regex')
+        max_cols = len(header)
+
+        table = nodes.table()
+        tgroup = nodes.tgroup(max_cols)
+        table += tgroup
+
+        col_widths = self.get_column_widths(max_cols)
+        tgroup.extend(nodes.colspec(colwidth=col_width) for
+                      col_width in col_widths)
+
+        thead = nodes.thead()
+        tgroup += thead
+        thead += self.create_table_row(header)
+
+        tbody = nodes.tbody()
+        tgroup += tbody
+
+        for row in lines:
+            matched = re.search(regex, row)
+            if matched:
+                tbody += self.create_table_row(matched.groups())
+
+        return [table]
+
+    def create_table_row(self, row_cells):
+        row = nodes.row()
+
+        for cell in row_cells:
+            entry = nodes.entry()
+            row += entry
+            entry += nodes.paragraph(text=cell.strip())
+
+        return row
+
+    def _get_lines(self):
+        env = self.state.document.settings.env
+        sourcefile = os.path.join(env.srcdir, self.arguments[0])
+        startafter = self.options.get('start-after')
+        endbefore = self.options.get('end-before')
+
+        lines = [line.strip() for line in open(sourcefile)]
+
+        if startafter is not None or endbefore is not None:
+            includeline = not startafter
+            result = []
+            for line in lines:
+                if not includeline and startafter and startafter in line:
+                    includeline = True
+                elif includeline and endbefore and endbefore in line:
+                    includeline = False
+                    break
+                elif includeline:
+                    result.append(line)
+            lines = result
+
+        if 'sort' in self.options:
+            lines = sorted(lines)
+
+        return lines
+
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.add_directive('table_from_text', TableFromText)
diff --git a/doc/source/template_guide/hot_spec.rst b/doc/source/template_guide/hot_spec.rst
index 12ad2561a0..73f00b75c2 100644
--- a/doc/source/template_guide/hot_spec.rst
+++ b/doc/source/template_guide/hot_spec.rst
@@ -510,6 +510,16 @@ For example
        constraints:
          - custom_constraint: nova.keypair
 
+The following section lists the custom constraints and the plug-ins
+that support them.
+
+.. table_from_text:: ../../setup.cfg
+   :header: Name,Plug-in
+   :regex: (.*)=(.*)
+   :start-after: heat.constraints =
+   :end-before: heat.stack_lifecycle_plugins =
+   :sort:
+
 .. _hot_spec_pseudo_parameters:
 
 Pseudo parameters