diff --git a/docs/configuring.rst b/docs/configuring.rst
index 36960e9636..97503d036a 100644
--- a/docs/configuring.rst
+++ b/docs/configuring.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ file. Ansible-lint checks the working directory for the presence of this file
 and applies any configuration found there. The configuration file location can
 also be overridden via the ``-c path/to/file`` CLI flag.
 
+When configuration file is not found in current directory, the tool will try
+to look for one in parent directories but it will not go outside current git
+repository.
+
 If a value is provided on both the command line and via a config file, the
 values will be merged (if a list like **exclude_paths**), or the **True** value
 will be preferred, in the case of something like **quiet**.
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
index 19555b4a8b..e68e287909 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ def get_config_path(config_file: str = '.ansible-lint') -> Optional[str]:
             filename = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(parent, project_filename))
             if os.path.exists(filename):
                 return filename
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(parent, '.git'))):
+                # Avoid looking outside .git folders as we do not want endup
+                # picking config files from upper level projects if current
+                # project has no config.
+                return None
         (parent, tail) = os.path.split(parent)
     return None