diff --git a/docs/drvxen.html.in b/docs/drvxen.html.in
index da94952e42..95be36c879 100644
--- a/docs/drvxen.html.in
+++ b/docs/drvxen.html.in
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ xen+tcp://example.com/system      (remote access, SASl/Kerberos)
 xen+ssh://root@example.com/system (remote access, SSH tunnelled)
 </pre>
 
+
+    <h2><a id="configFiles">Location of configuration files</a></h2>
+
+    <p>
+      The libxl driver comes with sane default values. However, during its
+      initialization it reads a configuration file which offers system
+      administrator to override some of that default. The file is located
+      under <code>/etc/libvirt/libxl.conf</code>
+    </p>
+
+
     <h2><a id="imex">Import and export of libvirt domain XML configs</a></h2>
 
     <p>
diff --git a/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst b/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst
index 6466be3b8d..ee72f08382 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ Depending on what driver is installed, then the following files are also read:
 
 * ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/qemu.conf`` for the QEMU driver
 * ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/lxc.conf`` for the LXC driver
+* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/libxl.conf`` for the libxl driver
 
 These files contain various knobs and default values for virtual machines
 created within their respective drivers, and offer a way to override the built
diff --git a/docs/manpages/virtxend.rst b/docs/manpages/virtxend.rst
index f94ba80afa..b08346b489 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/virtxend.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/virtxend.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ a different user results in error.
 The default configuration file used by ``virtxend``, unless overridden on the
 command line using the ``-f`` | ``--config`` option.
 
+In addition to the default configuration file, ``virtxend`` reads
+configuration for the libxl driver from:
+
+* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/libxl.conf``
+
+This file contains various knobs and default values for virtual machines
+created within libxl driver, and offers a way to override the built in
+defaults, Location of this file can't be overridden by any command line switch.
+
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtxend-sock``
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtxend-sock-ro``
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtxend-admin-sock``