diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index e4f65ecf3..8e1810df6 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ A detailed description of each RPC method and its parameters is also available.
 scripts/rpc.py bdev_nvme_attach_controller --help
 ~~~
 
-### Generate JSON-RPC methods for current configuration
+### Generate JSON-RPC methods for current configuration {#jsonrpc_generate}
 
 An initial configuration can be specified for an SPDK application via the '-c' command line parameter.
 The configuration file is a JSON file containing all of the JSON-RPC method invocations necessary
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ Finally, call the rpc.py script with '--plugin' parameter to provide above pytho
 ./scripts/rpc.py --plugin rpc_plugin bdev_example_create 10 4096
 ~~~
 
+### Converting from legacy configuration {#jsonrpc_convert}
+
+Starting with SPDK 20.10, legacy configuration file support has been removed.
+Users with extensive configuration files already running in SPDK application,
+can [generate JSON-RPC for current configuration](@ref jsonrpc_generate).
+
+If binary for deploying the application is unavailable, the legacy configuration
+file can be converted to JSON-RPC using python tool:
+~~~
+./scripts/config_converter.py < config.ini > config.json
+~~~
+
 # App Framework {#jsonrpc_components_app}
 
 ## spdk_kill_instance {#rpc_spdk_kill_instance}
diff --git a/doc/nvmf.md b/doc/nvmf.md
index 25b0697d3..d093b1d73 100644
--- a/doc/nvmf.md
+++ b/doc/nvmf.md
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ An NVMe over Fabrics target can be configured using JSON RPCs.
 The basic RPCs needed to configure the NVMe-oF subsystem are detailed below. More information about
 working with NVMe over Fabrics specific RPCs can be found on the @ref jsonrpc_components_nvmf_tgt RPC page.
 
-Using .ini style configuration files for configuration of the NVMe-oF target is deprecated and should
-be replaced with JSON based RPCs. .ini style configuration files can be converted to json format by way
-of the new script `scripts/config_converter.py`.
-
 ## FC transport support {#nvmf_fc_transport}
 
 To build nvmf_tgt with the FC transport, there is an additional FC LLD (Low Level Driver) code dependency.