diff --git a/assets/test_data_transforms/example_transforms.py b/assets/test_data_transforms/example_transforms.py
index 891079e..3f7fb0e 100644
--- a/assets/test_data_transforms/example_transforms.py
+++ b/assets/test_data_transforms/example_transforms.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class MultiplyTransformer(TransformProvider):
     transform_name = "multiply"
     allowed_types = ["xsd:string"]
 
-    def _get_transform(self, field_context: str, options: Dict):
+    def _get_transform(self, field_context: Dict, options: Dict):
         def multiply(x):
             return x * options["count"]
 
diff --git a/docs/transforms.rst b/docs/transforms.rst
index 81cf737..d09bfe1 100644
--- a/docs/transforms.rst
+++ b/docs/transforms.rst
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ Amaxa ships with five transforms:
 Custom Transforms
 *****************
 
-Amaxa also supports custom transforms. To implement a custom transformation, create a Python module containing a class that subclasses ``amaxa.transforms.TransformProvider``. Subclasses must populate the ``transform_name`` class attribute and override two methods, ``get_transform()`` and ``get_options_schema()``.
+Amaxa also supports custom transforms. To implement a custom transformation, create a Python module containing a class that subclasses ``amaxa.transforms.TransformProvider``. Subclasses must populate the ``transform_name`` class attribute and override two methods, ``_get_transform()`` and ``get_options_schema()``.
 
-``get_transform()`` accepts the API name of the configured field and a ``dict`` containing the user-specified options, if any. It returns a callable that will be invoked with a single parameter, the field value, each time the transform is used.
+``_get_transform()`` accepts a ``dict`` representing the describe of the configured field and a ``dict`` containing the user-specified options, if any. It returns a callable that will be invoked with a single parameter, the field value, each time the transform is used.
 
 ``get_options_schema()`` returns the schema by which the user-specifiable options will be validated in the operation definition. This is a `Cerberus <https://docs.python-cerberus.org/>`_ schema that should validate a ``dict``.
 
+Transforms may optionally override ``_validate_field()``, which also accepts a ``dict`` representing the describe of the configured field. This method should raise a ``TransformException`` if the transform cannot be applied to this field for any reason. The default implementation requires that the field's ``soapType`` attribute be one of the values in the class attribute ``allowed_types``, a string list.
+
 Before being used in an operation, custom transforms must be loaded by specifying them in a ``plugin-modules`` list at the top level of the YAML configuration. Specify the name of the containing module, not the transform class; Amaxa will automatically discover transforms in those modules. Modules may be located in the current working directory or anywhere in the Python search path.
 
 A complete example of using a custom transform is included in Amaxa's repository in the ``assets/test_data_transforms`` directory.