diff --git a/man/tio.1.in b/man/tio.1.in
index ff67c50..d4fb7f5 100644
--- a/man/tio.1.in
+++ b/man/tio.1.in
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ Sections can be used to group settings and their names are only used for readabi
 .TP
 tio will try to match the user input to a section pattern to get the tty and other options.
 
+.TP
+Options without any section name sets the default options.
+
 .TP
 The following configuration file options are available: