diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index dc8224b35..4d2a3df8f 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -135,9 +135,11 @@ version = 2
       # i.e pass host devices through to privileged containers.
       privileged_without_host_devices = false
 
-      # base_runtime_spec is a file path to a JSON file with the OCI spec that will be used as the base spec
-      # that all container's are created from.
-      # Use containerd's `ctr oci default-spec > /etc/containerd/cri-base.json` to output initial spec file.
+      # base_runtime_spec is a file path to a JSON file with the OCI spec that will be used as the base spec that all
+      # container's are created from.
+      # Use containerd's `ctr oci spec > /etc/containerd/cri-base.json` to output initial spec file.
+      # Spec files are loaded at launch, so containerd daemon must be restared on any changes to refresh default specs.
+      # Still running containers and restarted containers will still be using the original spec from which that container was created.
       base_runtime_spec = ""
 
       # 'plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc.options' is options specific to