diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 548b5924fa..2477ae8fee 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ This removes remote tracking branches and tags from the local workspace if they
 ----
 checkout scmGit(
     branches: [[name: 'master']],
-    extensions: [pruneStaleBranch(), pruneTags(true)],
+    extensions: [ pruneStaleBranch(), pruneTags(true) ],
     userRemoteConfigs: [[url: 'https://github.com/jenkinsci/ws-cleanup-plugin']])
 ----
 
@@ -1058,6 +1058,16 @@ Path::
 
   File or directory to be included in the checkout
 
+[source,groovy]
+----
+checkout scmGit(
+    branches: [[name: 'master']],
+    extensions: [
+        sparseCheckout(sparseCheckoutPaths: [[path: 'src'], [path: 'Makefile']])
+    ],
+    userRemoteConfigs: [[url: 'https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin.git']])
+----
+
 [#git-lfs-pull-after-checkout]
 ==== Git LFS pull after checkout
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/SparseCheckoutPaths.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/SparseCheckoutPaths.java
index 0a8796f1d7..c5a326a837 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/SparseCheckoutPaths.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/extensions/impl/SparseCheckoutPaths.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.GitClient;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.UnsupportedCommand;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.whitelists.Whitelisted;
+import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
 
@@ -52,10 +53,11 @@ public void determineSupportForJGit(GitSCM scm, @NonNull UnsupportedCommand cmd)
     }
 
     @Extension
+    @Symbol("sparseCheckout")
     public static class DescriptorImpl extends GitSCMExtensionDescriptor {
         @Override
         public String getDisplayName() {
-            return "Sparse Checkout paths";
+            return "Sparse checkout paths";
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/CredentialsUserRemoteConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/CredentialsUserRemoteConfigTest.java
index 5e198345db..7efa4bb3ae 100644
--- a/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/CredentialsUserRemoteConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/hudson/plugins/git/CredentialsUserRemoteConfigTest.java
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ private String randomPipelineExtensions() {
             "pruneTags()",
             "pruneTags(false)",
             "pruneTags(true)",
+            "sparseCheckout(sparseCheckoutPaths: [[path: 'src'], [path: 'Makefile']])",
             "submodule(disableSubmodules: true)",
             "submodule(depth: 1, shallow: true)",
             "submodule(parentCredentials: true, recursiveSubmodules: true, threads: 13)",