diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index 8a0b7cb1df02..1a3138aefdc3 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ type HasteConfig = {
   /**
    * Whether to follow symlinks when crawling for files.
    *   This options cannot be used in projects which use watchman.
-   *   Projects with a .watchmanconfig will error if this option is set to true.
+   *   Projects with `watchman` set to true will error if this option is set to true.
    */
   enableSymlinks?: boolean;
   /** Path to a custom implementation of Haste. */
diff --git a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
index 206b5868ae70..9b8da96249eb 100644
--- a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export type HasteConfig = {
   /**
    * Whether to follow symlinks when crawling for files.
    *   This options cannot be used in projects which use watchman.
-   *   Projects with a .watchmanconfig will error if this option is set to true.
+   *   Projects with `watchman` set to true will error if this option is set to true.
    */
   enableSymlinks?: boolean;
   /** Path to a custom implementation of Haste. */