diff --git a/docs/rust_clippy.md b/docs/rust_clippy.md
index 16addd8..834b23b 100644
--- a/docs/rust_clippy.md
+++ b/docs/rust_clippy.md
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 
 Note that targets tagged with `noclippy` will not perform clippy checks
 
+To use a local clippy.toml, add the following flag to your `.bazelrc`. Note that due to
+the upstream implementation of clippy, this file must be named either `.clippy.toml` or
+`clippy.toml`. Using a custom config file requires Rust 1.34.0 or newer.
+
+```text
+build --@rules_rust//:clippy.toml=//:clippy.toml
+```
+
 <a id="#rust_clippy"></a>
 
 ## rust_clippy
diff --git a/docs/rust_clippy.vm b/docs/rust_clippy.vm
index d444a04..abfc478 100644
--- a/docs/rust_clippy.vm
+++ b/docs/rust_clippy.vm
@@ -22,3 +22,11 @@
 This will enable clippy on all [Rust targets](./defs.md).
 
 Note that targets tagged with `noclippy` will not perform clippy checks
+
+To use a local clippy.toml, add the following flag to your `.bazelrc`. Note that due to
+the upstream implementation of clippy, this file must be named either `.clippy.toml` or
+`clippy.toml`. Using a custom config file requires Rust 1.34.0 or newer.
+
+```text
+build --@rules_rust//:clippy.toml=//:clippy.toml
+```