diff --git a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md
index 7ba595ba0..6bf041e7c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/glossary.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/glossary.md
@@ -75,13 +75,8 @@
 
   - [substituter]{#gloss-substituter}\
     A *substituter* is an additional store from which Nix will
-    copy store objects it doesn't have. Nix will copy a store
-    path from a remote store only if one of the following is true:
-
-    - the store object is signed by one of the `trusted-public-keys`
-    - the substituter is in the `trusted-substituters` list
-    - the `no-require-sigs` option has been set to disable signature checking
-    - the store object is [output-addressed](#gloss-output-addressed-store-object)
+    copy store objects it doesn't have.  For details, see the
+    [`substituters` option](command-ref/conf-file.html#conf-substituters).
 
   - [purity]{#gloss-purity}\
     The assumption that equal Nix derivations when run always produce
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index d7f351166..a659036e2 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -613,6 +613,14 @@ public:
           are tried based on their Priority value, which each substituter can set
           independently. Lower value means higher priority.
           The default is `https://cache.nixos.org`, with a Priority of 40.
+
+          Nix will copy a store path from a remote store only if one
+          of the following is true:
+
+          - the store object is signed by one of the `trusted-public-keys`
+          - the substituter is in the `trusted-substituters` list
+          - the `no-require-sigs` option has been set to disable signature checking
+          - the store object is [output-addressed](#gloss-output-addressed-store-object)
         )",
         {"binary-caches"}};