diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 01766b0aa5..35e72e4a38 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -169,9 +169,10 @@ core.autocrlf::
 	writing to the filesystem.  The variable can be set to
 	'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
 	reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
-	`LF` at the end of lines.  Currently, which paths to consider
-	"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
-	decided purely based on the contents.
+	`LF` at the end of lines.  A file is considered
+	"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
+	the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
+	based on the file's contents.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
 
 core.safecrlf::
 	If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by