diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners.md
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--- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners.md
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ If a file has a code owner, you can see who the code owner is before you open a
 
 ## CODEOWNERS file location
 
-To use a CODEOWNERS file, create a new file called `CODEOWNERS` in the root, `docs/`, or `.github/` directory of the repository, in the branch where you'd like to add the code owners.
+To use a CODEOWNERS file, create a new file called `CODEOWNERS` in the `.github/`, root, or `docs/` directory of the repository, in the branch where you'd like to add the code owners. If `CODEOWNERS` files exist in more than one of those locations, {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} will search for them in that order and use the first one it finds.
 
 Each CODEOWNERS file assigns the code owners for a single branch in the repository. Thus, you can assign different code owners for different branches, such as `@octo-org/codeowners-team` for a code base on the default branch and `@octocat` for a {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site on the `gh-pages` branch.