-described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Also, in a repo-specific
-config file, the "repo." prefix is dropped from the config option names.
+described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
+options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
+"enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
+
+Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
+config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".