diff --git a/doc/usage/configuration.rst b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
index 5eff8eb57..cc1e51b8f 100644
--- a/doc/usage/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ General configuration
    are matched against the source file names relative to the source directory,
    using slashes as directory separators on all platforms. The default is ``**``,
    meaning that all files are recursively included from the source directory.
+   :confval:`exclude_patterns` has priority over :confval:`include_patterns`.
 
    Example patterns: