diff --git a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
index 364fb216c..d2cffbe07 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ for numbers and booleans they should be plain (ie, $INT_VAR, $BOOL_VAR)
 ## Configuration file locations
 
 The location of the configuration file can be set via the `--config` command
-line flag. Telegraf will also pick up all files matching the pattern `*.conf` if
-the `-config-directory` command line flag is used.
+line flag.
+
+When the `--config-directory` command line flag is used files ending with
+`.conf` in the specified directory will also be included in the Telegraf
+configuration.
 
 On most systems, the default locations are `/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf` for
 the main configuration file and `/etc/telegraf/telegraf.d` for the directory of