diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst
index 74f1120..749bdab 100644
--- a/index.rst
+++ b/index.rst
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ special characters for wildcard matching:
      - any integer numbers between ``num1`` and ``num2``, where ``num1`` and ``num2``
        can be either positive or negative
 
+If the glob contains a path separator (a ``/`` not inside square brackets), then the glob is relative
+to the directory level of the particular `.editorconfig` file itself.
+Otherwise the pattern may also match at any level below the `.editorconfig`
+level. For example, ``*.c`` matches any file that ends with ``.c`` in the
+directory of ``.editorconfig``, but ``subdir/*.c`` only matches files that end
+with ``.c`` in the ``subdir`` directory in the directory of ``.editorconfig``.
+
 The backslash character (``\\``) can be used to escape a character so it is
 not interpreted as a special character.