diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 325aa9a..d170c86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ Path pointing to the git binary. By default, it'll look for git in the current `
 
 Alist in the form of `("FORGE NAME" . FETCH-FUNCTION)` where `FETCH-FUNCTION` is a function in charge of retrieving a potential remote clone URL. More about this function in the [Fetchers](#fetchers) section.
 
+### my-repo-pins-open-function
+
+The my-repo-pins-open-function variable can be customized if you would prefer to land in some other program than Dired.  Good candidates might be the builtin 'vc-dir or 'magit-status if you use the popular Magit package:
+
+```elisp
+   (setq my-repo-pins-open-function 'vc-dir)
+```
+
 ## Fetchers
 
 When a repository cannot be found in the code root directory, `my-repo-pins` will try to download it from different forges. By default, it'll try to find it on github.com, gitlab.com, git.sr.ht, and codeberg.org.
diff --git a/my-repo-pins.el b/my-repo-pins.el
index 5d0017c..509e80d 100644
--- a/my-repo-pins.el
+++ b/my-repo-pins.el
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ yet, returns an empty list."
   :group 'my-repo-pins-group)
 
 (defun my-repo-pins--open (dir)
+  "Open the DIR directory using the ‘my-repo-pins-code-root’ function."
   (funcall my-repo-pins-open-function dir))
 
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