clarified [DEFAULT] as an optional section in .ini

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/docs/narr/startup.rst b/docs/narr/startup.rst
index f4ebef154..0d5acfa47 100644
--- a/docs/narr/startup.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/startup.rst
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ Here's a high-level time-ordered overview of what happens when you press
 
    Note that the constructor function accepts a ``global_config`` argument,
    which is a dictionary of key/value pairs mentioned in the ``[DEFAULT]``
-   section of an ``.ini`` file.  It also accepts a ``**settings`` argument,
-   which collects another set of arbitrary key/value pairs.  The arbitrary
-   key/value pairs received by this function in ``**settings`` will be
-   composed of all the key/value pairs that are present in the ``[app:main]``
-   section (except for the ``use=`` setting) when this function is called by
-   when you run ``pserve``.
+   section of an ``.ini`` file (if ``[DEFAULT]`` is present).  It also accepts
+   a ``**settings`` argument, which collects another set of arbitrary
+   key/value pairs.  The arbitrary key/value pairs received by this function
+   in ``**settings`` will be composed of all the key/value pairs that are
+   present in the ``[app:main]`` section (except for the ``use=`` setting)
+   when this function is called by when you run ``pserve``.
 
    Our generated ``development.ini`` file looks like so: