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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml
index 8850c1736b..3f01170508 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml
@@ -86,8 +86,13 @@
<tag><c>File = string()</c></tag>
<item>Name of another <c>.config</c> file.
Extension <c>.config</c> can be omitted. It is
- recommended to use absolute paths. A relative path is
- relative the current working directory of the emulator.</item>
+ recommended to use absolute paths. If a relative path is used,
+ <c>File</c> is searched, first, relative from <c>sys.config</c> directory, then relative
+ to the current working directory of the emulator, for backward compatibility.
+ This allow to use a <c>sys.config</c> pointing out other <c>.config</c> files in a release
+ or in a node started manually using <c>-config ...</c> with same result whatever
+ the current working directory.
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>When traversing the contents of <c>sys.config</c> and a filename
is encountered, its contents are read and merged with the result