docs: final paperwork for exclude_also #1557

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index 5b159d90..152b3af4 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -400,9 +400,12 @@ you'll exclude any line with three or more of any character. If you write
 [report] exclude_also
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-(multi-string) A list of regular expressions.  This setting will preserve the
-default exclude pattern instead of overwriting it. See
-:ref:`config_report_exclude_lines` for details on exclusion regexes.
+(multi-string) A list of regular expressions.  This setting is the same as
+:ref:`config_report_exclude_lines`: it adds patterns for lines to exclude from
+reporting.  This setting will preserve the default exclude patterns instead of
+overwriting them.
+
+.. versionadded:: 7.2.0
 
 
 .. _config_report_fail_under: