diff --git a/creating-new-drutopia-site.md b/creating-new-drutopia-site.md
index 8c92daf..ddae4b2 100644
--- a/creating-new-drutopia-site.md
+++ b/creating-new-drutopia-site.md
@@ -94,12 +94,14 @@ This will create a self.site.yml using the expected pattern of "site_name_INSTAN
 
 ### Syncing, and setting up configuration
 
-Drutopia releases will expect the configuration in `$project_root/config/sync`. Be sure to set the appropriate variable in settings.ddev.yml (or settings.php) for it to be stored/retrieved from there:
+Drutopia releases will expect the configuration in `$project_root/config/sync`. Be sure to set the appropriate variable in `settings.php` for it to be stored/retrieved from there:
 
 ```
 $settings['config_sync_directory'] = '../config/sync';
 ```
 
+(This should be updated to use a distribution-wide settings.php when we have that.)
+
 Once you also have a working Drush installation and a live instance, you can then aquire and export the initial configuration with:
 
 ```