diff --git a/docs/routing/babeld/babeld.md b/docs/routing/babeld/babeld.md
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@@ -140,7 +140,11 @@ Once babeld is started, forwarding is enabled in the kernel for IPv4 and IPv6. A
 
 ## Local configuration interface
 
-babeld offers a local configuration interface. This can be activated with the flag `-g`. For example, to enable the configuration interface on port `33123`, you can use the following command:
+There are two ways to activate the Local configuration interface. Once you can pass a command line argument for it or you can do this in the babeld configuration file. 
+
+### Command line argument
+
+The local configuration interface can be activated with the flag `-g`. For example, to enable the configuration interface on port `33123`, you can use the following command:
 ```
 babeld -g 33123
 ```
@@ -150,6 +154,15 @@ If babeld is used with Systemd, you can change the arguments in the `/etc/defaul
 DAEMON_ARGS="-S /var/lib/babeld/state -g 33123"
 ```
 
+### Configuration file
+
+To enable the local configuration interface there is a directive `local-port`:
+```
+local-port 33123
+```
+
+### Usage
+
 The configuration interface can be used to find out various status information on the one hand and to configure babeld on the other. Furthermore, the configuration interface can be used by monitoring programs such as babelweb2.
 
 To connect to the configuration interface, you can use telnet: