diff --git a/doc/config b/doc/config
index ae039b16..c86d5782 100644
--- a/doc/config
+++ b/doc/config
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 ##
 ## available values:
 ##
-## - 0 - default window color
+## - 0 - default window color (discards all other colors)
 ## - 1 - black
 ## - 2 - red
 ## - 3 - green
diff --git a/doc/ncmpcpp.1 b/doc/ncmpcpp.1
index 171201fa..b881c857 100644
--- a/doc/ncmpcpp.1
+++ b/doc/ncmpcpp.1
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Text can have different color than the main window, e.g. if you want length to b
 
 Available values for colors:
 
- - 0 - default window color
+ - 0 - default window color (discards all other colors)
  - 1 - black
  - 2 - red
  - 3 - green