diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index 6be8a2c..9d7d2ad 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The behaviour may be configured at two levels.
 Global
 ------
 
-The user settings are read from the ``~/.config/flake8`` file.
+The user settings are read from the ``~/.config/flake8`` file (or the ``~/.flake8`` file on Windows).
 Example::
 
   [flake8]