diff --git a/content/backmatter.tex b/content/backmatter.tex
index ec9d0f23..16e7ffcc 100644
--- a/content/backmatter.tex
+++ b/content/backmatter.tex
@@ -709,6 +709,11 @@ \section{Version 1.6}
     additional arguments.
 \ChangelogRef{subsec:shmem_pcontrol}
 %
+\item Clarified that \FUNC{shmem\_team\_get\_config} returns the current
+    configuration values, which may differ from the values assigned at the
+        time of the team's creation.
+\ChangelogRef{subsec:shmem_team_get_config}
+%
 \item Clarified the behavior of \FUNC{shmem\_team\_get\_config} when the
     \VAR{config\_mask} is 0 and/or the \VAR{config} argument is a null pointer.
 \ChangelogRef{subsec:shmem_team_get_config}
diff --git a/content/shmem_team_get_config.tex b/content/shmem_team_get_config.tex
index 28fce3ba..1dfb1839 100644
--- a/content/shmem_team_get_config.tex
+++ b/content/shmem_team_get_config.tex
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 \FUNC{shmem\_team\_get\_config} returns through the \VAR{config} argument
 the configuration parameters as described by the mask, which were assigned according
 to input configuration parameters when the team was created.
+The output \VAR{config} argument indicates the \openshmem library's
+parameter values at the time \FUNC{shmem\_team\_get\_config} is called.
+These values may differ from the parameter values that were assigned at the
+time of the team's creation.
 
 If \VAR{team} compares equal to \LibConstRef{SHMEM\_TEAM\_INVALID},
 then no operation is performed.