diff --git a/doc/user/application_security/vulnerability_report/index.md b/doc/user/application_security/vulnerability_report/index.md
index 15a287356f8acf622a2db0c871afb87799145fd1..24db6bfd6bde931f79f7d9dc77d7b577e817ac37 100644
--- a/doc/user/application_security/vulnerability_report/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/application_security/vulnerability_report/index.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ From the Vulnerability Report you can:
 - [View an issue raised for a vulnerability](#view-issues-raised-for-a-vulnerability).
 - [Change the status of vulnerabilities](#change-status-of-vulnerabilities).
 - [Export details of vulnerabilities](#export-vulnerability-details).
+- [Sort vulnerabilities by date](#sort-vulnerabilities-by-date-detected).
 - [Manually add a vulnerability finding](#manually-add-a-vulnerability-finding).
 
 ## Vulnerability Report filters
@@ -186,6 +187,12 @@ Vulnerability records cannot be deleted, so a permanent record always remains.
 
 If a vulnerability is dismissed in error, reverse the dismissal by changing its status.
 
+## Sort vulnerabilities by date detected
+
+By default, vulnerabilities are sorted by severity level, with the highest-severity vulnerabilities listed at the top.
+
+To sort vulnerabilities by the date each vulnerability was detected, click the "Detected" column header.
+
 ## Export vulnerability details
 
 > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213014) in the Security Center (previously known as the Instance Security Dashboard) and project-level Vulnerability Report (previously known as the Project Security Dashboard) in GitLab 13.0.