Simplify "active menu" logic for section menus

Fixes #8776

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/content/en/functions/hasmenucurrent.md b/docs/content/en/functions/hasmenucurrent.md
index c7b8eb7a9..c53c91f94 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/functions/hasmenucurrent.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/functions/hasmenucurrent.md
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ aliases: []
 returns `true` if the PAGE is the same object as the `.Page` in one of the
 **children menu entries** under MENUENTRY in a given MENU.
 
+{{< new-in "0.86.0" >}} If MENUENTRY's `.Page` is a [section](/content-management/sections/) then, from Hugo `0.86.0`, this method also returns true for any descendant of that section..
+
 You can find its example use in [menu templates](/templates/menu-templates/).
diff --git a/docs/content/en/variables/menus.md b/docs/content/en/variables/menus.md
index d84837a43..9b8fe4d49 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/variables/menus.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/variables/menus.md
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Reference to the [page object][page-object] associated with the menu entry. This
 will be non-nil if the menu entry is set via a page's front-matter and not via
 the site config.
 
+.PageRef {{< new-in "0.86.0" >}}
+: _string_ <br /> Can be set if defined in site config and the menu entry refers to a Page. [site.GetPage](/functions/getpage/) will be used to do the page lookup. If this is set, you don't need to set the `URL`.
+
 .Name
 : _string_ <br />
 Name of the menu entry. The `name` key, if set for the menu entry, sets