Backport PR #21714: DOC: note renaming of config.cfg.template to mplconfig.cfg.template

timhoffm · meeseeksmachine · commit 9890f384ff74 · 2021-11-22T17:00:59.000Z
diff --git a/doc/api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.5.0/development.rst b/doc/api/prev_api_changes/api_changes_3.5.0/development.rst
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ Matplotlib-specific build options moved from ``setup.cfg`` to ``mplsetup.cfg``
 
 In order to avoid conflicting with the use of :file:`setup.cfg` by
 ``setuptools``, the Matplotlib-specific build options have moved from
-``setup.cfg`` to ``mplsetup.cfg``
+``setup.cfg`` to ``mplsetup.cfg``.  The :file:`setup.cfg.template` has been
+correspondingly been renamed to :file:`mplsetup.cfg.template`.
 
 Note that the path to this configuration file can still be set via the
 :envvar:`MPLSETUPCFG` environment variable, which allows one to keep using the
