diff --git a/src/caosdb/configuration.py b/src/caosdb/configuration.py
index 1327e17a74f550ec3d9c397e268a6eb081843bda..81642fd8926bb1ab5dae64ad5032eab54c63b559 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/configuration.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/configuration.py
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ def _read_config_files():
 
     Read the config from either ``$PYCAOSDBINI`` or home directory (``~/.pylinkahead.ini``), and
     additionally adds config from a config file in the current working directory
-    (``pylinkahead.ini``).  All of these are optional.
+    (``pylinkahead.ini``).
+    If deprecated names are used (starting with 'pycaosdb'), those used in addition but the files
+    with the new naming scheme take precedence.
+    All of these files are optional.
 
     Returns
     -------