diff --git a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
index 806d8f7..46bd0c8 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
@@ -482,6 +482,10 @@
 	   echo "Done!"
 	endfunction
 
+If the file doesn't exist, Vim will also search in 'packpath' (under "start")
+to allow calling packages' functions from your .vimrc when the packages have
+not been added to 'runtimepath' yet (see |packages|).
+
 The file name and the name used before the # in the function must match
 exactly, and the defined function must have the name exactly as it will be
 called.  In Vim9 script the "g:" prefix must be used: >