From 7f5c38fd5a7ea95912a3a44cdf0dfc8e80d7c997 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias <xmatthias@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:08:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update environment variable config to clarify that config
 cannot be set via environment variable

closes #9991
---
 docs/configuration.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index f9348e497..684c6743c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ FREQTRADE__EXCHANGE__SECRET=<yourExchangeSecret>
 !!! Tip "Validate combined result"
     You can use the [show-config subcommand](utils.md#show-config) to see the final, combined configuration.
 
+??? Warning "Loading sequence"
+    Environment variables are loaded after the initial configuration. As such, you cannot provide the path to the configuration through environment variables. Please use `--config path/to/config.json` for that.
+    This also applies to user_dir to some degree. while the user directory can be set through environment variables - the configuration will **not** be loaded from that location.
+
 ### Multiple configuration files
 
 Multiple configuration files can be specified and used by the bot or the bot can read its configuration parameters from the process standard input stream.