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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c081657be7..e67c8ef369 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
`include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
-found. See below for examples.
+found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `{tilde}/`
+is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `{tilde}user/` to the specified
+user's home directory. See below for examples.
Example
~~~~~~~
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ Example
[include]
path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
+ path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory
Variables
~~~~~~~~~