From e40accd6cf0eb8453c04884b44cd0a05e324117b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler White <50381805+IndexSeek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:57:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add docs on new .pyiceberg.yaml search path

---
 mkdocs/docs/api.md | 2 +-
 mkdocs/docs/cli.md | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/api.md b/mkdocs/docs/api.md
index b69788ce06..f3d3759d66 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/api.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/api.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ catalog:
 
 and loaded in python by calling `load_catalog(name="hive")` and `load_catalog(name="rest")`.
 
-This information must be placed inside a file called `.pyiceberg.yaml` located either in the `$HOME` or `%USERPROFILE%` directory (depending on whether the operating system is Unix-based or Windows-based, respectively) or in the `$PYICEBERG_HOME` directory (if the corresponding environment variable is set).
+This information must be placed inside a file called `.pyiceberg.yaml` located either in the `$HOME` or `%USERPROFILE%` directory (depending on whether the operating system is Unix-based or Windows-based, respectively), in the current working directory, or in the `$PYICEBERG_HOME` directory (if the corresponding environment variable is set).
 
 For more details on possible configurations refer to the [specific page](https://py.iceberg.apache.org/configuration/).
 
diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/cli.md b/mkdocs/docs/cli.md
index 28e44955d7..4e37ddb6e5 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/cli.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/cli.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ hide:
 
 Pyiceberg comes with a CLI that's available after installing the `pyiceberg` package.
 
-You can pass the path to the Catalog using the `--uri` and `--credential` argument, but it is recommended to setup a `~/.pyiceberg.yaml` config as described in the [Catalog](configuration.md) section.
+You can pass the path to the Catalog using the `--uri` and `--credential` argument, but it is recommended to setup a `~/.pyiceberg.yaml` or `./.pyiceberg.yaml` config as described in the [Catalog](configuration.md) section.
 
 ```sh
 ➜  pyiceberg --help