diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc
index 86d156097f..0cddaefd20 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/external-config.adoc
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ To import these properties, you can add the following to your `application.prope
 
 You can then access or inject `myapp.username` and `myapp.password` properties from the `Environment` in the usual way.
 
+NOTE: Filenames with dot notation are also correctly mapped.
+For example, in the above example, a file named `myapp.username` in `/etc/config` would result in a `myapp.username` property in the `Environment`.
+
 TIP: Configuration tree values can be bound to both string `String` and `byte[]` types depending on the contents expected.
 
 If you have multiple config trees to import from the same parent folder you can use a wildcard shortcut.