Merge pull request jekyll#4034 from jaybe-jekyll/patch-1

Update usage.md re: _config.yml not reloaded during regeneration
the-dan · Oct 16, 2015 · 18bdfac · 18bdfac
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 #    watched for changes, and regenerated automatically.
 {% endhighlight %}
 
+<div class="note info">
+  <h5>Changes to _config.yml are not included during automatic regeneration.</h5>
+  <p>
+    The <code>&lt;_config.yml&gt;</code> master configuration file contains global configurations
+    and variable definitions that are read once at execution time. Changes made to <code>&lt;_config.yml&gt;</code>
+    during automatic regeneration are not loaded until the next execution.
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    Note <a href="../datafiles">Data Files</a> are included and reloaded during automatic regeneration.
+  </p>
+</div>
+
 <div class="note warning">
   <h5>Destination folders are cleaned on site builds</h5>
   <p>