diff --git a/reference/tiflash/configuration.md b/reference/tiflash/configuration.md
index 5147bd7026208..4eb09d754466a 100644
--- a/reference/tiflash/configuration.md
+++ b/reference/tiflash/configuration.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This section introduces the configuration parameters of TiFlash.
 
 ```
 tmp_path = The path in which the TiFlash temporary files are stored.
-path = The TiFlash data storage path.     # If there are multiple directories, separate each directory with a comma. For example, `/ssd_a/data/tiflash,/hdd_b/data/tiflash,/hdd_c/data/tiflash`. If your environment has multiple disks, it is recommended that each path corresponds to one disk and you put disks with best performance at the front to fully use performance of all disks.
+path = The TiFlash data storage path.     # If there are multiple directories, separate each directory with a comma.
 path_realtime_mode = false # The default value is `false`. If you set it to `true` and multiple directories are deployed in the path, the latest data is stored in the first directory and older data is stored in the rest directories.
 listen_host = The TiFlash service listening host. # Generally, it is configured as `0.0.0.0`.
 tcp_port = The TiFlash TCP service port.
@@ -78,3 +78,11 @@ Multiple TiFlash nodes elect a master to add or delete placement rules to PD, an
     engine-addr = The listening address of the TiFlash coprocessor service.
     status-addr = The port and IP through which Prometheus pulls proxy metrics information.
 ```
+
+### Multi-disk deployment
+
+TiFlash supports multi-disk deployment, controlled by the `path` and `path_realtime_mode` parameters in the [`tiflash.toml` file](#configure-the-tiflashtoml-file).
+
+If there are multiple data storage directories in `path`, separate each with a comma. For example, `/ssd_a/data/tiflash,/hdd_b/data/tiflash,/hdd_c/data/tiflash`. If there are multiple disks in your environment, it is recommended that each directory corresponds to one disk and you put disks with the best performance at the front to maximize the performance of all disks.
+
+The default value of the `path_realtime_mode` parameter is `false`, which means that data are evenly distributed on all storage directories. If the parameter is set to `true`, and `path` contains multiple directories, it means that the first directory only stores the latest data, and the older data are evenly distributed on other directories.
diff --git a/reference/tiflash/deploy.md b/reference/tiflash/deploy.md
index 9990690f9761b..62de8782cc8dc 100644
--- a/reference/tiflash/deploy.md
+++ b/reference/tiflash/deploy.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ It is recommended to use an SSD disk to buffer the real-time data being replicat
 
 For other hard disks, you can use multiple HDDs or regular SSDs. A better hard disk will surely bring better performance.
 
-TiFlash supports multi-directory storage, so there is no need to use RAID.
+TiFlash supports [multi-disk deployment](/reference/tiflash/configuration.md#multi-disk-deployment), so there is no need to use RAID.
 
 ### TiFlash and TiKV are deployed on the same node
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ For fresh TiFlash deployment, it is recommended to deploy TiFlash by downloading
 
 3. Edit the `inventory.ini` configuration file. In addition to [configuring for TiDB cluster deployment](/how-to/deploy/orchestrated/ansible.md#step-9-edit-the-inventoryini-file-to-orchestrate-the-tidb-cluster), you also need to specify the IPs of your TiFlash servers under the `[tiflash_servers]` section (currently only IPs are supported; domain names are not supported).
 
-    If you want to customize the deployment directory, configure the `data_dir` parameter. If you want multi-disk deployment, separate the deployment directories with commas (note that the parent directory of each `data_dir` directory needs to give the `tidb` user write permissions). For example:
+    If you want to customize the deployment directory, configure the `data_dir` parameter. If you want [multi-disk deployment](/reference/tiflash/configuration.md#multi-disk-deployment), separate the deployment directories with commas (note that the parent directory of each `data_dir` directory needs to give the `tidb` user write permissions). For example:
 
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@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ For fresh TiFlash deployment, it is recommended to deploy TiFlash by downloading
 
 3. Edit the `inventory.ini` configuration file. You need to specify the IPs of your TiFlash servers under the `[tiflash_servers]` section (currently only IPs are supported; domain names are not supported).
 
-    If you want to customize the deployment directory, configure the `data_dir` parameter. If you want multi-disk deployment, separate the deployment directories with commas (note that the parent directory of each `data_dir` directory needs to give the `tidb` user write permissions). For example:
+    If you want to customize the deployment directory, configure the `data_dir` parameter. If you want [multi-disk deployment](/reference/tiflash/configuration.md#multi-disk-deployment) separate the deployment directories with commas (note that the parent directory of each `data_dir` directory needs to give the `tidb` user write permissions). For example:
 
     {{< copyable "" >}}