--- /dev/null
+\version "2.14.0"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc = "Non-staff lines (such as @code{Lyrics}) can specify
+their @code{padding} or @code{minimum-distance} to the staff for
+which they don't have affinity."
+}
+
+<<
+ \new Staff { c'1 }
+ \new Lyrics \with {
+ \override VerticalAxisGroup
+ #'nonstaff-unrelatedstaff-spacing #'padding = #'20
+ } \lyricmode { foo }
+ \new Staff { c'1 }
+>>