diff --git a/docs/vim.md b/docs/vim.md
index d445a5cb6..895a29192 100644
--- a/docs/vim.md
+++ b/docs/vim.md
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ let g:ale_fixers = {
 \}
 ```
 
+ALE supports both _linters_ and _fixers_. If you don't specify which _linters_ to run, **all available tools for all supported languages will be run**, and you might get a correctly formatted file with a bunch of lint errors. To disable this behavior you can tell ALE to run only linters you've explicitly configured (more info in the [FAQ](https://github.com/w0rp/ale/blob/ed8104b6ab10f63c78e49b60d2468ae2656250e9/README.md#faq-disable-linters)):
+
+```
+let g:ale_linters_explicit = 1
+```
+
 You can then run `:ALEFix` in a JavaScript or CSS file to run Prettier.
 
 To have ALE run Prettier on save: