diff --git a/scripts/config.sh b/scripts/config.sh
index 2f68e6b2b64fe2d7d68ec9772dad352ff1ee3221..727d3e8cad1a3a5a26581a655cc7471a165f86fc 100755
--- a/scripts/config.sh
+++ b/scripts/config.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Check if plumed as module colvar active
 > plumed config module colvar
 "
 
+# notice that the relative path of config.txt is also
+# hardcoded in a comment written in the log from src/core/PlumedMain.cpp
+# if you change it here, also change it there!
 configfile="$(cat "$PLUMED_ROOT"/src/config/config.txt)"
 
 quiet=no
diff --git a/src/core/PlumedMain.cpp b/src/core/PlumedMain.cpp
index db21abecaf3855a778d23d992a47c38ee4839102..cabe18fdd3ccb78ab7d950d55abf72c3bdeb7f8e 100644
--- a/src/core/PlumedMain.cpp
+++ b/src/core/PlumedMain.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ void PlumedMain::init(){
   log<<"\n";
   log<<"For further information see the PLUMED web page at http://www.plumed.org\n";
   log<<"Root: "<<config::getPlumedRoot()<<"\n";
+  log<<"For installed feature, see "<<config::getPlumedRoot() + "/src/config/config.txt\n";
   log.printf("Molecular dynamics engine: %s\n",MDEngine.c_str());
   log.printf("Precision of reals: %d\n",atoms.getRealPrecision());
   log.printf("Running over %d %s\n",comm.Get_size(),(comm.Get_size()>1?"nodes":"node"));