Fix #1481: more prominent callout for how config files are loaded

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diff --git a/docs/upgrade_guides/5.0.0.md b/docs/upgrade_guides/5.0.0.md
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+++ b/docs/upgrade_guides/5.0.0.md
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ The first thing to keep in mind is how isort loads config options has changed in
 If you have multiple configs, they will need to be merged into 1 single one. You can see the priority order of configuration files and the manner in which they are loaded on the
 [config files documentation page](https://pycqa.github.io/isort/docs/configuration/config_files/).
 
+!!! tip - "Config options are loaded relative to the file, not the isort instance."
+    isort looks for a config file based on the path of the file you request to sort. If you have your config placed outside of the project, you can use `--settings-path` to manually specify the config location instead. Full information about how config files are loaded is in the linked config files documentation page.
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 ### `not_skip`
 This is the same as the `--dont-skip` CLI option above. In an earlier version isort had a default skip of `__init__.py`. To get around that many projects wanted a way to not skip `__init__.py` or any other files that were automatically skipped in the future by isort. isort no longer has any default skips, so if the value here is `__init__.py` you can simply remove the setting. If it is something else, just make sure you aren't specifying to skip that file somewhere else in your config.