diff --git a/docs/cri/config.md b/docs/cri/config.md
index 9d2057fb6..908a913e7 100644
--- a/docs/cri/config.md
+++ b/docs/cri/config.md
@@ -260,9 +260,16 @@ version = 2
     #
     # *** registry.configs and registry.mirrors that were a part of containerd 1.4
     # are now DEPRECATED and will only be used if the config_path is not specified.
-    config_path = "/etc/containerd/certs.d"
+    config_path = ""
 ```
-Here is a simple example for a default registry hosts configuration when specifying config_path:
+
+## Registry Configuration
+
+Here is a simple example for a default registry hosts configuration. Set
+`config_path = "/etc/containerd/certs.d"` in your config.toml for containerd.
+Make a directory tree at the config path that includes `docker.io` as a directory
+representing the host namespace to be configured. Then add a `hosts.toml` file
+in the `docker.io` to configure the host namespace. It should look like this:
 ```
 $ tree /etc/containerd/certs.d
 /etc/containerd/certs.d
diff --git a/docs/cri/registry.md b/docs/cri/registry.md
index 2064e9907..8cff40999 100644
--- a/docs/cri/registry.md
+++ b/docs/cri/registry.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 This document describes the method to configure the image registry for `containerd` for use with the `cri` plugin.
 
 *** registry.mirrors and registry.configs as described in this document
-have been DEPRECATED. As described in [the cri config](./config.md) you
+have been DEPRECATED. As described in [the cri config](./config.md#registry-configuration) you
 should now use the form
 ```toml
 [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry]