diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1be495641..f68f74a58 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * #604: Fix traceback when a configuration section is present but lacking any options.
  * #607: Clarify examples in include merging and deep merging documentation.
  * #611: Fix "data" consistency check to support "check_last" and consistency "prefix" options.
+ * #613: Clarify documentation about multiple repositories and separate configuration files.
 
 1.7.4
  * #596: Fix special file detection erroring when broken symlinks are encountered.
diff --git a/docs/how-to/make-backups-redundant.md b/docs/how-to/make-backups-redundant.md
index 5ad13ee0c..f77780fcf 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/make-backups-redundant.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/make-backups-redundant.md
@@ -42,3 +42,13 @@ potentially across providers.
 See [Borg repository URLs
 documentation](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/general.html#repository-urls)
 for more information on how to specify local and remote repository paths.
+
+### Different options per repository
+
+What if you want borgmatic to backup to multiple repositories—while also
+setting different options for each one? In that case, you'll need to use
+[a separate borgmatic configuration file for each
+repository](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/make-per-application-backups/)
+instead of the multiple repositories in one configuration file as described
+above. That's because all of the repositories in a particular configuration
+file get the same options applied.