diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc
index d11d95c38d2f4..25c80ee2d1c0f 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Setting `quarkus.profile`  to `staging` will activate the `staging` profile.
 The `io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig#getProfiles` API provides a way to retrieve the active profiles programmatically.
 ====
 
-=== Profile aware files
+=== Profile-aware files
 
 In this case, properties for a specific profile may reside in an `application-{profile}.properties` named file. The previous
 example may be expressed as:
@@ -391,19 +391,22 @@ quarkus.http.test-port=9191
 
 [NOTE]
 ====
-In this style, the configuration names in the profile aware file do not need to be prefixed with the profile name.
+In this style, the configuration names in the profile-aware file do not need to be prefixed with the profile name.
 
-Properties in the profile aware file have priority over profile aware properties defined in the main file.
+Properties in the profile-aware file have priority over profile-aware properties defined in the main file.
 ====
 
 [WARNING]
 ====
-Do not use profile aware files to set `quarkus.profile` or `quarkus.test.profile`. This will not work because the
-profile is required in advance to load the profile aware files.
+Do not use profile-aware files to set `quarkus.profile` or `quarkus.test.profile`. This will not work because the
+profile is required in advance to load the profile-aware files.
+====
 
-A profile aware file is only loaded if the unprofiled `application.properties` is also available in the same location
-and the file extension matches between the files. This is required to keep a consistent loading order and pair all the
-resources together.
+[IMPORTANT]
+====
+An `application.properties` file must exist (even if empty) in the exact location of the profile-aware
+(`application-{profile}.properties`) file to be included in the configuration to ensure a consistent order when
+loading the files.
 ====
 
 === Parent Profile
@@ -435,8 +438,8 @@ Then
 
 [WARNING]
 ====
-Do not use Profile aware files to set `quarkus.config.profile.parent`. This will not work because the profile is
-required in advance to load the profile aware files.
+Do not use Profile-aware files to set `quarkus.config.profile.parent`. This will not work because the profile is
+required in advance to load the profile-aware files.
 ====
 
 === Multiple Profiles