diff --git a/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc b/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc
index 38bc8ede7..b68e0bedc 100644
--- a/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ doing:
 config.load_autoconfig = False
 ----
 
+Note that the settings are still saved in `autoconfig.yml` that way, but then
+not loaded on start.
+
 Importing other modules
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~