diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 5185d114..566da6ef 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ wd config clear
 ### username and password
 Required for [write operations](https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md)
 (Alternatively, we might be able to use OAuth once [this issue](https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/issues/25) is resolved)
-```sh
+
+:warning: the password is persisted on your file system as clear text (until we find a better way to do that)
+```
 wd config username myusername
 wd config password myuserpassword
 ```