diff --git a/docs/drvqemu.html.in b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
index 31d3fee213..a784f5768c 100644
--- a/docs/drvqemu.html.in
+++ b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
@@ -162,6 +162,45 @@ qemu+ssh://root@example.com/system   (remote access, SSH tunnelled)
       of libvirt, once QMP processing moves to a dedicated thread.
     </p>
 
+    <h2><a id="configFiles">Location of configuration files</a></h2>
+
+    <p>
+      The QEMU driver comes with sane default values. However, during its
+      initialization it reads a configuration file which offers system
+      administrator or an user to override some of that default. The location
+      of the file depends on the connection URI, as follows:
+    </p>
+
+    <table>
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>qemu:///system</code></td>
+        <td><code>/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf</code></td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>qemu:///session</code></td>
+        <td><code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/qemu.conf</code></td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>qemu:///embed</code></td>
+        <td><code>$rootdir/etc/qemu.conf</code></td>
+      </tr>
+    </table>
+
+    <p>
+      If <code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</code> is not set in the environment, it
+      defaults to <code>$HOME/.config</code>. For the embed URI the
+      <code>$rootdir</code> represents the specified root directory from
+      the connection URI.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      Please note, that it is very likely that the only qemu.conf file that
+      will exist after installing libvirt is the
+      <code>/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf</code>, if users of the session daemon or
+      the embed driver want to override a built in value, then they need to
+      create the file before connecting to the respective URI.
+    </p>
+
     <h2><a id="security">Driver security architecture</a></h2>
 
     <p>
diff --git a/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst b/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst
index ed591f4778..6545dc58d3 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ When run as *root*
 The default configuration file used by ``libvirtd``, unless overridden on the
 command line using the ``-f`` | ``--config`` option.
 
+If QEMU driver is installed, then the following file is also read:
+
+* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/qemu.conf``
+
+This file contains various knobs and default values for virtual machines
+created within QEMU driver, and offers a way to override the built in defaults,
+for instance (but not limited to): paths to various supplementary binaries, TLS
+certificates location, graphical consoles configuration and others. Location of
+this file can't be overridden by any command line switch.
+
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/libvirt-sock``
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro``
 
@@ -166,6 +176,16 @@ When run as *non-root*
 The default configuration file used by ``libvirtd``, unless overridden on the
 command line using the ``-f``|``--config`` option.
 
+If QEMU driver is installed, then the following file is also read:
+
+* ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/qemu.conf``
+
+If the file exists, it can contain various knobs and default values for virtual
+machines created within QEMU driver, and offers a way to override the built in
+defaults, for instance (but not limited to): paths to various supplementary
+binaries, TLS certificates location, graphical consoles configuration and
+others. Location of this file can't be overridden by any command line switch.
+
 * ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/libvirt-sock``
 
 The socket ``libvirtd`` will use.
diff --git a/docs/manpages/virtqemud.rst b/docs/manpages/virtqemud.rst
index fbcc6e45fa..d82d09ee61 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/virtqemud.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/virtqemud.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ When run as *root*
 The default configuration file used by ``virtqemud``, unless overridden on the
 command line using the ``-f`` | ``--config`` option.
 
+In addition to the default configuration file, ``virtqemud`` reads
+configuration for the qemu driver from:
+
+* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/qemu.conf``
+
+This file contains various knobs and default values for virtual machines
+created within QEMU driver, and offers a way to override the built in defaults,
+for instance (but not limited to): paths to various supplementary binaries, TLS
+certificates location, graphical consoles configuration and others. Location of
+this file can't be overridden by any command line switch.
+
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtqemud-sock``
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtqemud-sock-ro``
 * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtqemud-admin-sock``
@@ -132,6 +143,17 @@ When run as *non-root*
 The default configuration file used by ``virtqemud``, unless overridden on the
 command line using the ``-f``|``--config`` option.
 
+In addition to the default configuration file, ``virtqemud`` reads
+configuration for the qemu driver from:
+
+* ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/qemu.conf``
+
+If the file exists, it can contain various knobs and default values for virtual
+machines created within QEMU driver, and offers a way to override the built in
+defaults, for instance (but not limited to): paths to various supplementary
+binaries, TLS certificates location, graphical consoles configuration and
+others. Location of this file can't be overridden by any command line switch.
+
 * ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtqemud-sock``
 * ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtqemud-admin-sock``