From 7d6c1e773212ae8c065ab77f2cdae9d897bb7ba1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Osiris Inferi Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:54:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify using.rst w.r.t. renewal config files (#10441) Fixes #10440. --------- Co-authored-by: ohemorange --- certbot/docs/using.rst | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/certbot/docs/using.rst b/certbot/docs/using.rst index bb40d5d82..dd9230576 100644 --- a/certbot/docs/using.rst +++ b/certbot/docs/using.rst @@ -1238,8 +1238,11 @@ Configuration file ================== Certbot accepts a global configuration file that applies its options to all invocations -of Certbot. Certificate specific configuration choices should be set in the ``.conf`` -files that can be found in ``/etc/letsencrypt/renewal``. +of Certbot. Certificate-specific configuration choices are stored in the ``.conf`` +files that can be found in ``/etc/letsencrypt/renewal``. See +`Modifying the Renewal Configuration of Existing Certificates`_ for more information +about modifying certificate-specific options. Note that it is not recommended to modify +these certificate-specific renewal configuration files manually. By default no cli.ini file is created (though it may exist already if you installed Certbot via a package manager, for instance).