diff --git a/specs/core/1_beacon-chain-misc.md b/specs/core/1_beacon-chain-misc.md
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--- a/specs/core/1_beacon-chain-misc.md
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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - [Phase 1 miscellaneous beacon chain changes](#phase-1-miscellaneous-beacon-chain-changes)
     - [Table of contents](#table-of-contents)
+    - [Custom types](#custom-types)
     - [Configuration](#configuration)
     - [Classes](#classes)
         - [CompactCommittee](#compactcommittee)
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@
 
 <!-- /TOC -->
 
+## Custom types
+
+We define the following Python custom types for type hinting and readability:
+
+| Name | SSZ equivalent | Description |
+| - | - | - |
+| `GeneralizedIndex` | `uint64` | a generalized index into an SSZ merkle tree |
+
 ## Configuration
 
 | Name | Value | Unit | Duration