diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index 2a62fd96c6..099be2f3aa 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@
                     (MTA) such as <filename>msmtp</filename>,
                     <filename>sendmail</filename>, or through a direct
                     <filename>smtp</filename> configuration in your Git
-                    <filename>config</filename> file.
+                    <filename>~/.gitconfig</filename> file.
                     If you are submitting patches through email only, it is
                     very important that you submit them without any whitespace
                     or HTML formatting that either you or your mailer