diff --git a/docs/topics/commands.rst b/docs/topics/commands.rst
index f49e4cf22..e8d99fc55 100644
--- a/docs/topics/commands.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/commands.rst
@@ -21,17 +21,8 @@ standalone ``scrapyd-deploy``. See `Deploying your project`_.)
 Configuration settings
 ======================
 
-Scrapy will look for configuration parameters in toml-style ``pyproject.toml``
-files in standard locations:
-
-1. ``/etc/pyproject.toml`` or ``c:\scrapy\pyproject.toml`` (system-wide),
-2. ``~/.config/pyproject.toml`` (``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME``) and ``~/.pyproject.toml`` (``$HOME``)
-   for global (user-wide) settings, and
-3. ``pyproject.toml`` inside a Scrapy project's root (see next section).
-
-Settings from these files are merged in the listed order of preference:
-user-defined values have higher priority than system-wide defaults
-and project-wide settings will override all others, when defined.
+Scrapy looks for project configuration in a ``pyproject.toml`` file located in 
+the project root directory (see next section).
 
 Scrapy also understands, and can be configured through, a number of environment
 variables. Currently these are:
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_conf.py b/tests/test_utils_conf.py
index 9acf48c11..55a346600 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_conf.py
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ def test_arglist_to_dict():
 
 
 class TestPyprojectToml:
+    def test_multiple_projects(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text(
+            "[tool.scrapy.settings]\n"
+            'default = "myproject1.settings"\n'
+            'project1 = "myproject1.settings"\n'
+            'project2 = "myproject2.settings"\n'
+        )
+        monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+        cfg = get_config()
+        assert cfg.get("settings", "default") == "myproject1.settings"
+        assert cfg.get("settings", "project1") == "myproject1.settings"
+        assert cfg.get("settings", "project2") == "myproject2.settings"
+
     def test_pyproject_toml_takes_precedence_over_scrapy_cfg(
         self, tmp_path, monkeypatch
     ):