Index: stand/lua/menu.lua
===================================================================
--- stand/lua/menu.lua
+++ stand/lua/menu.lua
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
 			menu_entries.zpool_checkpoints,
 			menu_entries.boot_envs,
 			menu_entries.chainload,
+			menu_entries.vendor,
 		}
 	end,
 	all_entries = {
@@ -400,6 +401,10 @@
 			end,
 			alias = {"l", "L"},
 		},
+		vendor = {
+			entry_type = core.MENU_ENTRY,
+			visible = false,
+		},
 	},
 }
 
Index: stand/lua/menu.lua.8
===================================================================
--- stand/lua/menu.lua.8
+++ stand/lua/menu.lua.8
@@ -197,26 +197,91 @@
 	},
 }
 .Ed
-.Pp
-To add another option to the welcome menu:
+.\"The following example doesn't work. Retained for the
+.\"moment...
+.\".Pp
+.\"To add another option to the welcome menu:
+.\".Pp
+.\".Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+.\"local core = require("core")
+.\"local menu = require("menu")
+.\"
+.\"local welcome_entries = menu.welcome.all_entries
+.\"welcome_entries[#welcome_entries + 1] = {
+.\"	entry_type = core.MENU_CAROUSEL_ENTRY,
+.\"	carousel_id = "unique_boot_entry_name",
+.\"	items = {"NO", "YES"},
+.\"	name = function(_, choice, _)
+.\"		return "Option: " .. choice
+.\"	end,
+.\"	func = function(_, _, _)
+.\"		loader.setenv("some_envvar", "some_value")
+.\"	end,
+.\"}
+.\".Ed
+.\".Pp
+To create a vendor submenu or other vendor menu option,
+override
+.Ic menu.welcome.all_entires.vendor
+like so:
 .Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
 local core = require("core")
 local menu = require("menu")
 
+-- Fill in with vendor specific entries
+local vendor_options = {
+	entries = {
+	...
+	},
+}
+
 local welcome_entries = menu.welcome.all_entries
-welcome_entries[#welcome_entries + 1] = {
-	entry_type = core.MENU_CAROUSEL_ENTRY,
-	carousel_id = "unique_boot_entry_name",
-	items = {"NO", "YES"},
-	name = function(_, choice, _)
-		return "Option: " .. choice
+welcome_entries.vendor = {
+        entry_type = core.MENU_SUBMENU,
+        name = color.highlight("V") .. "endor Options",
+        submenu = vendor_options,
+        alias = {"v", "V"},
+}
+.Ed
+In the above example,
+.Ic vendor_options
+is a local variable that defines the vendor submenu.
+.Pp
+To add an additional option, change the
+.Ic menu.boot_options.entries
+array.
+The following illustrates this concept:
+.Pp
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+-- This is a silly example that rotates local_option through the values
+-- 0 to 4.  local_option would still need to be used elsewhere.
+local local_option = 0
+
+-- The `entries` of a menu may either be a table or a function.  In this
+-- example we're augmenting a menu that just has a static table, but if we
+-- wanted to be more robust then we would need to instead check the type
+-- of `stock_options` here to determine our next move.
+--
+-- If `entries` is a table, then the stock menu system won't be changing it
+-- so we can just add our menu option as we do below.
+--
+-- If `entries` is a function, then we would need to provide a new function to
+-- replace `entries` that does a core.deepCopyTable() of the result and adds
+-- the below item to it.  The deep copy is necessary to avoid duplicating our
+-- new menu item and allowing the menu to alter its behavior however it pleases.
+local stock_options = menu.boot_options.entries
+stock_options[#stock_options + 1] = {
+	entry_type = core.MENU_ENTRY,
+	name = function()
+		return color.highlight('L') ..
+		    "ocal Option     : " .. local_option
 	end,
-	func = function(_, _, _)
-		loader.setenv("some_envvar", "some_value")
+	func = function()
+		local_option = (local_option + 1) % 5
 	end,
+	alias= {"l", "L"}
 }
-.Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr loader.conf 5 ,
 .Xr core.lua 8 ,