diff --git a/reference/configuration/security.rst b/reference/configuration/security.rst
index 903d07f8fe7..e4c856ad4bf 100644
--- a/reference/configuration/security.rst
+++ b/reference/configuration/security.rst
@@ -348,7 +348,14 @@ use_referer
**type**: ``boolean`` **default**: ``false``
If ``true``, the user is redirected to the value stored in the ``HTTP_REFERER``
-header when no previous URL was stored in the session.
+header when no previous URL was stored in the session. If the referrer URL is
+the same as the one generated with the ``login_path`` route, the user is
+redirected to the ``default_target_path`` to avoid a redirection loop.
+
+.. note::
+
+ For historical reasons, and to match the misspelling of the HTTP standard,
+ the option is called ``use_referer`` instead of ``use_referrer``.
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