diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
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@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ Note how the above uses `packageNames` instead of `packagePatterns` because it i
 
 The above rule will group together the `neutrino` package and any package matching `@neutrino/*`.
 
-Path rules are convenient to use if you wish to apply configuration rules to certain package files without needing to configure them all in the `packageFiles` array. For example, if you have an `examples` directory and you want all updates to those examples to use the `chore` prefix instead of `fix`, then you could add this configuration:
+Path rules are convenient to use if you wish to apply configuration rules to certain package files using patterns. For example, if you have an `examples` directory and you want all updates to those examples to use the `chore` prefix instead of `fix`, then you could add this configuration:
 
 ```json
   "packageRules": [
diff --git a/docs/usage/faq.md b/docs/usage/faq.md
index eb200302fe05354d5fd520f1fc10ecb04fe4b6c4..4f8fae84abf377649368835972c1d2a4df3940cc 100644
--- a/docs/usage/faq.md
+++ b/docs/usage/faq.md
@@ -92,15 +92,6 @@ To restrict `aws-sdk` to only weekly updates, you could add this package rule:
 Note that schedule must be in the form of an array, even if only one schedule is
 present. Multiple entries in the array means "or".
 
-### Selectively enable or disable renovate for specific `package.json` files
-
-You could:
-
-- Use `ignorePaths` to ignore certain paths in the repository, or
-- Explicitly list every package file you want renovated, in the `packageFiles` configuration object, or
-- Add a `renovate` section to any `package.json` files you don't want renovated,
-  with the configuration option `"enabled": false`
-
 ### Disable renovate for certain dependency types
 
 Define a packageRules entry which has the dependency type(s) in `depTypeList` and `"enabled": false`.