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@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ _acme-challenge.cooldomain.rio. 3600    IN  CNAME   cooldomain.rio.pages.example
 This additionally requires your repository to have a file named `CNAME` that contains
 the domain to use (`cooldomain.rio` in this case).
 
+### Alternate CNAME Domains
+
+If there is a situation where you want to use a CNAME redirect on a (sub-) domain,
+where having a CNAME is not feasible, you can configure an "alternate CNAME".
+This is a special TXT record that contains the "CNAME" you want to specify.
+
+```
+; Example for Bind
+cooldomain.rio.                 3600    IN  A       <IPv4 of rio>
+_rio-cname.cooldomain.rio.      3600    IN  TXT     "cname=user.pages.example.org"
+```
+
 ### Repository Redirects
 
 If you have multiple repositories with pages (and you use a CNAME), you can additionally