diff --git a/doc/source/authentication-plugins.rst b/doc/source/authentication-plugins.rst
index cba778fa..ce34793d 100644
--- a/doc/source/authentication-plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/source/authentication-plugins.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ this V3 defines a number of different
   a V3 identity service using Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP).
 - :py:class:`~keystoneauth1.identity.v3.TokenlessAuth`: Authenticate against
   a V3 identity service using tokenless authentication.
+- :py:class:`~keystoneauth1.identity.v3.ApplicationCredentialMethod`:
+  Authenticate against a V3 identity service using an application credential.
 - :py:class:`~keystoneauth1.extras.kerberos.KerberosMethod`: Authenticate
   against a V3 identity service using Kerberos.
 
@@ -179,6 +181,29 @@ access token's key and secret. For example::
     >>> s = session.Session(auth=a)
 
 
+Application Credentials
+=======================
+
+There is a specific authentication method for interacting with Identity servers
+that support application credential authentication. Since application
+credentials are associated to a user on a specific project, some parameters are
+not required as they would be with traditional password authentication. The
+following method can be used to authenticate for a token using an application
+credential::
+
+- :py:class:`~keystoneauth1.identity.v3.ApplicationCredential`:
+
+The following example shows the method usage with a session::
+
+    >>> from keystoneauth1 import session
+    >>> from keystone.identity import v3
+    >>> auth = v3.ApplicationCredential(
+            application_credential_secret='application_credential_secret',
+            application_credential_id='c2872b920853478292623be94b657090'
+        )
+    >>> sess = session.Session(auth=auth)
+
+
 Tokenless Auth
 ==============
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bp-application-credentials-416a1f8bb2311e04.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bp-application-credentials-416a1f8bb2311e04.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8223c17c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bp-application-credentials-416a1f8bb2311e04.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    [`blueprint application-credentials <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/keystone/+spec/application-credentials>`_]
+    Support for authentication via an application credential has been added.
+    Keystoneauth can now be used to authenticate to Identity servers that
+    support application credentials.