diff --git a/cmd/yamlfmt/config.go b/cmd/yamlfmt/config.go
index aa8b74e..aaf8b81 100644
--- a/cmd/yamlfmt/config.go
+++ b/cmd/yamlfmt/config.go
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var configFileNames = collections.Set[string]{
-	".yamlfmt":     {},
-	"yamlfmt.yml":  {},
-	"yamlfmt.yaml": {},
+	".yamlfmt":      {},
+	".yamlfmt.yml":  {},
+	".yamlfmt.yaml": {},
+	"yamlfmt.yml":   {},
+	"yamlfmt.yaml":  {},
 }
 
 const configHomeDir string = "yamlfmt"
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ func getConfigPathFromFlag() (string, error) {
 		logger.Debug(logger.DebugCodeConfig, "Using config path %s from -conf flag", configPath)
 		return configPath, validatePath(configPath)
 	}
-	
+
 	logger.Debug(logger.DebugCodeConfig, "No config path specified in -conf")
 	return configPath, errNoConfFlag
 }
diff --git a/docs/config-file.md b/docs/config-file.md
index 15a5489..fc451e9 100644
--- a/docs/config-file.md
+++ b/docs/config-file.md
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@
 
 ## Config File Discovery
 
-The config file is a file named `.yamlfmt`, `yamlfmt.yaml`, or `yamlfmt.yml` that contains a valid yamlfmt configuration. The config file is discovered in the following priority order:
+The config file is a file is a yaml file that contains a valid yamlfmt configuration. yamlfmt will automatically search for files with the following names:
+
+  - `.yamlfmt`
+  - `yamlfmt.yml`
+  - `yamlfmt.yaml`
+  - `.yamlfmt.yaml`
+  - `.yamlfmt.yml`
+
+You can also pass a config file to yamlfmt using the `-conf` flag. When using the `-conf` flag, the config file can be named anything.
+When not using one of the config file flags, it will be automatically discovered in the following priority order:
 
 1. Specified in the `-conf` flag (if this is an invalid path or doesn't exist, the tool will fail)
 1. A config file in the current working directory
@@ -15,7 +24,7 @@ If none of these are found, the tool's default configuration will be used.
 
 If the flag `-global_conf` is passed, all other steps will be circumvented and the config file will be discovered from the system config directory. See [the command line flag docs](./command-usage.md#configuration-flags).
 
-In the `-conf` flag, the config file will be named anything. As long as it's valid yaml, yamlfmt will read it as a config file. This can be useful for applying unique configs to different directories in a project. The automatic discovery paths do need to use one of the known names.
+In the `-conf` flag, the config file can be named anything. As long as it's valid yaml, yamlfmt will read it as a config file. This can be useful for applying unique configs to different directories in a project. The automatic discovery paths do need to use one of the known names.
 
 ## Command