diff --git a/libs/device.md b/libs/device.md
index 2e70819..e685cbf 100644
--- a/libs/device.md
+++ b/libs/device.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Opens the remote with the specified ``id`` on the device.
 ````lua
 dev.switch("Unified.Chrome");
 ````
+For custom remotes, the ``id`` to use is name.remote, where name is the value given in the meta.prop file for meta.author with any spaces removed, and remote is the meta.description, again with any spaces removed. For example if meta.prop contains the lines ``meta.author: Fred Bloggs`` and ``meta.description: My Remote`` then ``id`` will be FredBloggs.MyRemote