diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index 7df539ba36b..5a8aa94917e 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+# Add this to your Git config to set the section header as function context for status files.
+# git config --add --local include.path ../.gitconfig
 [diff "status"]
 	xfuncname = "^\\[.*\\]$"