diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
index db1e6d53..ada5e750 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ build environment.
 NOTE: This does not guarantee that all package Makefiles will use your exported
 variables. Some of them are non-standard.
 
+The system-wide configuration file is found in {sysconfdir}/makepkg.conf.
+Individual options can be overridden (or added to) on a per user basis in
+~/.makepkg.conf.
+
 The default file is fairly well commented, so it may be easiest to simply
 follow directions given there for customization.