diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2fb1c75afd16..77244b7f9545 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Descriptions of section entries and preferred order
 	C: URI for *chat* protocol, server and channel where developers
 	   usually hang out, for example irc://server/channel.
 	P: *Subsystem Profile* document for more details submitting
-	   patches to the given subsystem. This is either an in-tree file,
-	   or a URI. See Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
-	   for details.
+	   patches to the given subsystem. This is either an in-tree .rst file
+       inside Documentation/, or a URI.
+       See Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst for details.
 	T: *SCM* tree type and location.
 	   Type is one of: git, hg, quilt, stgit, topgit
 	F: *Files* and directories wildcard patterns.