diff --git a/fern/products/docs/pages/api-references/generate-graphql-ref.mdx b/fern/products/docs/pages/api-references/generate-graphql-ref.mdx
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@@ -73,14 +73,35 @@ navigation:
     api-name: garden-graphql
 ```
 
+### Compile a schema split across multiple files
+
+A schema split across several SDL files, the typical shape for [Apollo Federation](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/federation/) subgraphs, compiles into a single schema. List each file as its own spec and give the specs the same `name`:
+
+```yaml generators.yml
+api:
+  specs:
+    - graphql: plants.graphql
+      name: Plants
+    - graphql: gardens.graphql
+      name: Plants
+```
+
+Specs that share a `name`, or that omit `name`, are parsed together, so a file can reference types defined in a sibling file and each file can `extend type Query` or `extend type Mutation`. Specs with different `name` values, and specs in different API workspaces, remain independent.
+
+The reference shows the client-facing schema: federation directives are stripped and `@inaccessible` types and members are omitted. If two files declare the same member differently, the first declaration wins and Fern logs a warning.
+
+<Warning>
+  Specs sharing a namespace previously resolved collisions last-wins, without a warning. To keep the previous output, reorder the specs or give them distinct `name` values.
+</Warning>
+
 ### Configuration properties
 
 <ParamField path="api.specs[].graphql" required>
-  Path to your GraphQL schema file. You can include multiple GraphQL specs if your project exposes more than one GraphQL API.
+  Path to your GraphQL schema file. Include multiple GraphQL specs if your project exposes more than one GraphQL API, or if one schema is split across files.
 </ParamField>
 
 <ParamField path="api.specs[].name">
-  Name of the folder that operations from this spec appear under in the API Reference sidebar. Use this to group related GraphQL operations together.
+  Name of the folder that operations from this spec appear under in the API Reference sidebar. Use this to group related GraphQL operations together. Specs that share a `name` are compiled into one schema.
 </ParamField>
 
 <ParamField path="api.specs[].origin">
diff --git a/fern/products/docs/pages/changelog/2026-08-27.mdx b/fern/products/docs/pages/changelog/2026-08-27.mdx
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## GraphQL schemas split across multiple files
+
+<ChangelogTags>api-reference, generators.yml</ChangelogTags>
+
+You can now generate a single GraphQL API Reference from a schema split across several SDL files, including Apollo Federation subgraphs. List each file as its own spec in `generators.yml` with the same `name`, and Fern compiles them into one schema.
+
+<Button intent="none" outlined rightIcon="arrow-right" href="/learn/docs/api-references/generate-graphql-ref#compile-a-schema-split-across-multiple-files">Read the docs</Button>
+
 ## Blog layouts for changelogs
 
 <ChangelogTags>navigation, customization</ChangelogTags>