diff --git a/doc/README.Dist-Layout b/doc/README.Dist-Layout
index f9e1fc257..5dd8a2d57 100644
--- a/doc/README.Dist-Layout
+++ b/doc/README.Dist-Layout
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Layout of installation
 =======================
 
 SeedDMS allows various kinds of installations with very individual layouts
-on disk. The proposed layout till version 5.1.6 was as the following:
+on disc. The proposed layout till version 5.1.6 was as the following:
 
 seeddms51x ---+--- data
               |
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@ SeedDMS_Lucene, SeedDMS_Preview, SeedDMS_SQLiteFTS.
 
 This layout has disadvantages when updating the source of seeddms, because
 the directories 'conf' and 'ext' has to be moved from 'seeddms-5.1.x' to
-'seeddms-5.1.(x+1)'.
+'seeddms-5.1.(x+1)'. 'conf' was also visible over the web unless it was
+protected by an .htaccess file. The .htaccess file has been shipped, but it
+is far better to keep senѕitive data out of the document root in the first
+place.
 
 The new layout mostly retains that structure but uses more soft links to place
-the local data outside of 'seeddms-5.1.x' which makes updating a lot easier.
+the local data outside of 'seeddms-5.1.x' which makes updating a lot easier
+and moves the configuration out of the document root.
 As MS Windows does not support soft links, this change will only apply to Linux/Unix
 systems. The new layout is the following: