diff --git a/doc/rst/source/reference/map-projections.rst b/doc/rst/source/reference/map-projections.rst
index 223d23b2f67..815e073cede 100644
--- a/doc/rst/source/reference/map-projections.rst
+++ b/doc/rst/source/reference/map-projections.rst
@@ -1104,7 +1104,8 @@ GMT supports eight common projections for global presentation of data or models.
 :ref:`Mollweide <-Jw>`, :ref:`Winkel Tripel <-Jr>`, :ref:`Robinson <-Jn>`, :ref:`Eckert IV and VI <-Jk>`,
 :ref:`Sinusoidal <-Ji>`, and :ref:`Van der Grinten <-Jv>` projections. Due to the small scale used for global maps these
 projections all use the spherical approximation rather than more elaborate elliptical formulae. In addition, the
-:ref:`Equal Earth <-Jeqearth>` projection is available through the **PROJ** string syntax of **-J**.
+:ref:`Equal Earth <-Jeqearth>` and the ocean-centered :ref:`Spilhaus <-Jspilhaus>` projections are available through
+the **PROJ** string syntax of **-J**.
 
 In all cases, the specification of the central meridian can be skipped. The default is the middle of the longitude
 range of the plot, specified by the (**-R**) option.
@@ -1426,6 +1427,46 @@ Centered on Greenwich, the example below was created by this command:
 
    World map using the Equal Earth projection.
 
+.. _-Jspilhaus:
+
+Spilhaus projection (**-J+proj=spilhaus**)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**Syntax**
+
+    **-J+proj=spilhaus**\ [**+lon_0=**\ *lon0*][**+lat_0=**\ *lat0*][**+azi=**\ *azimuth*][**+rot=**\ *rot*]\ **+width=**\ *width*\ \|\ **+scale=**\ *scale*
+
+**Parameters**
+
+- The longitude (*lon0*) and latitude (*lat0*) of the projection center [66.94970198/-49.56371678].
+- The *azimuth* from north at the center of the projection [40.17823482].
+- The *rot*\ ation of the projection [45].
+- The map *width* or *scale* in :ref:`plot-units <plt-units>`.
+
+**Description**
+
+The Spilhaus projection, devised by Athelstan Spilhaus in 1942, is an oblique conformal world map based on the
+Adams world in a square II projection. Its interest is that it is centered on the oceans, so that the world ocean
+is shown as a single uninterrupted body of water while the continents are pushed to the edges of the square map.
+It has no GMT 1-letter code: it is done by `PROJ <https://proj.org/en/stable/operations/projections/spilhaus.html>`_
+(which added it in version 9.6) and is selected with the **PROJ** string syntax of the **-J** option. Because
+**PROJ** does the projection, the parameters are the **PROJ** ones, to which GMT adds **+width** or **+scale** to
+set the map dimension. Note that the whole string must be quoted if you separate the **+**\ *keys* with spaces.
+The map is always square and is meant to be used with a global region (**-Rd** or **-Rg**); other regions have
+unknown effects.
+
+Since the projection is not invertible everywhere and its boundary cuts through the continents, plotting needs
+some care. In :doc:`/coast` the coastlines are automatically broken up where the projection is discontinuous (via
+a default **-g** setting that you may override), but painting land or ocean with **-G** or **-S** does not give
+correct results in all cases, and the graticule is not interrupted. Hence, drawing the coastlines with **-W** is
+the safest choice.
+
+**Example**
+
+A world map with a 30 degree graticule is created by this command::
+
+    gmt coast -Rd -J+proj=spilhaus+width=12c -Bg30 -Dc -A10000 -W0.25p,darkbrown -pdf map
+
 Footnotes
 ---------