diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 744eb5e..cb5cc73 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@
 .B --conf-dir=/path/to/dir,*.conf
 loads all files with the suffix .conf in /path/to/dir. This flag may be given on the command
 line or in a configuration file. If giving it on the command line, be sure to
-escape * characters.
+escape * characters. Files are loaded in alphabetical order of filename.
 .TP
 .B --servers-file=<file>
 A special case of