diff --git a/docs/configuring.rst b/docs/configuring.rst
index bc4deddd7a..4a43ed5a9f 100644
--- a/docs/configuring.rst
+++ b/docs/configuring.rst
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ Configuring
 Configuration File
 ------------------
 
-Ansible-lint supports local configuration via a ``.ansible-lint`` configuration
-file. Ansible-lint checks the working directory for the presence of this file
-and applies any configuration found there. The configuration file location can
-also be overridden via the ``-c path/to/file`` CLI flag.
+Ansible-lint supports local configuration via a ``.ansible-lint`` or
+``.config/ansible-lint.yml`` configuration files. Ansible-lint checks the
+working directory for the presence of this file and applies any configuration
+found there. The configuration file location can also be overridden via the
+``-c path/to/file`` CLI flag.
 
 When configuration file is not found in current directory, the tool will try
 to look for one in parent directories but it will not go outside current git
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/app.py b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
index d8aba53d8a..1ee2c923d5 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/app.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def report_outcome(
                 "configuration file:"
             )
             msg += """\
-# .ansible-lint
+# .config/ansible-lint.yml
 warn_list:  # or 'skip_list' to silence them completely
 """
             msg += "".join(sorted(entries))
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
index d1c9391fd1..8dcd4673bd 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
@@ -89,9 +89,12 @@ def load_config(config_file: str) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
     return config
 
 
-def get_config_path(config_file: str = ".ansible-lint") -> Optional[str]:
+def get_config_path(config_file: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
     """Return local config file."""
-    project_filenames = [config_file]
+    if config_file:
+        project_filenames = [config_file]
+    else:
+        project_filenames = [".ansible-lint", ".config/ansible-lint.yml"]
     parent = tail = os.getcwd()
     while tail:
         for project_filename in project_filenames:
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ def get_cli_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     parser.add_argument(
         "-c",
         dest="config_file",
-        help="Specify configuration file to use.  " 'Defaults to ".ansible-lint"',
+        help="Specify configuration file to use. By default it will look for '.ansible-lint' or '.config/ansible-lint.yml'",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--offline",
diff --git a/test/TestExamples.py b/test/TestExamples.py
index ea5e36fbdc..38d9e6014e 100644
--- a/test/TestExamples.py
+++ b/test/TestExamples.py
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ def test_custom_kinds() -> None:
     result = run_ansible_lint("-vv", "--offline", "examples/other/")
     assert result.returncode == 0
     # .yaml-too is not a recognized extension and unless is manually defined
-    # in our .ansible-lint config, the test would not identify it as yaml file.
+    # in our ansible-lint config, the test would not identify it as yaml file.
     assert "Examining examples/other/some.yaml-too of type yaml" in result.stderr
     assert "Examining examples/other/some.j2.yaml of type jinja2" in result.stderr
diff --git a/test/TestUtils.py b/test/TestUtils.py
index 84e550e97c..1030b4fcad 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.py
+++ b/test/TestUtils.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def test_cli_auto_detect(capfd: CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
         "examples/playbooks/empty_playbook.yml:1: "
         "syntax-check Empty playbook, nothing to do" in out
     )
-    # assures that our .ansible-lint exclude was effective in excluding github files
+    # assures that our ansible-lint config exclude was effective in excluding github files
     assert "Identified: .github/" not in out
     # assures that we can parse playbooks as playbooks
     assert "Identified: test/test/always-run-success.yml" not in err