diff --git a/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua b/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua
index 97376ea7a9..dde050bacd 100644
--- a/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua
+++ b/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/dockerls.lua
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ https://github.com/rcjsuen/dockerfile-language-server-nodejs
 `docker-langserver` can be installed via `npm`:
 ```sh
 npm install -g dockerfile-language-server-nodejs
+```
+
+Additional configuration can be applied in the following way:
+```lua
+require("lspconfig").dockerls.setup {
+    settings = {
+        docker = {
+	    languageserver = {
+	        formatter = {
+		    ignoreMultilineInstructions = true,
+		},
+	    },
+	}
+    }
+}
 ```
     ]],
     default_config = {