diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3445229..55df4f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -249,5 +249,5 @@ layer:
 dive will search for configs in the following locations:
 - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dive/*.yaml`
 - `$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/dive/*.yaml`
-- `~/.config/dive.yaml`
+- `~/.config/dive/*.yaml`
 - `~/.dive.yaml`
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index b501b04..ec2dc0a 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func Execute() {
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.dive.yaml, ~/.config/dive.yaml, or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dive.yaml)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.dive.yaml, ~/.config/dive/*.yaml, or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dive.yaml)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("version", "v", false, "display version number")
 
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&exportFile, "json", "j", "", "Skip the interactive TUI and write the layer analysis statistics to a given file.")