diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
index 45a5cfafd8..02f4418323 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ name is provided or known to the 'mailmap', ``Name $$<user@host>$$'' is
 printed; otherwise only ``$$<user@host>$$'' is printed.
 
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+See `mailmap.file` and `mailmap.blob` in linkgit:git-config[1] for how
+to specify a custom `.mailmap` target file or object.
+
+
 MAPPING AUTHORS
 ---------------