diff --git a/doc/src/howto/creator-task-lists.qdoc b/doc/src/howto/creator-task-lists.qdoc
index 84fd642ba4f..71791a3c988 100644
--- a/doc/src/howto/creator-task-lists.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/howto/creator-task-lists.qdoc
@@ -93,4 +93,6 @@
     Lines starting with the hash mark character (#) in the first column are
     ignored.
 
+    If the file path is given as a relative path, it is based on the parent
+    directory of the task list file.
 */