diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b86dddb48a..f0f0436acf 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - Automate paths in documentation.
 - Settings chapter improvements.
 - Documentation paths consistency fixes.
+- Expand custom Python setting section.
 
 3.2.9 (2019-11-03)
 ==================
diff --git a/docs/chapters/deploying.rst b/docs/chapters/deploying.rst
index 2533d1ca90..5c9abe4ebb 100644
--- a/docs/chapters/deploying.rst
+++ b/docs/chapters/deploying.rst
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ For another setup that offers more performance and scalability refer to the
         |MAYAN_BIN| preparestatic --noinput
 
 
-11. Create the supervisor file at ``/etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf``:
+11. Create the supervisor file at ``|MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|``:
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ::
 
         sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
         MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
         MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=|MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT| \
-        |MAYAN_BIN| platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+        |MAYAN_BIN| platformtemplate supervisord > |MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|
 
 
 12. Configure Redis:
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ of a restart or power failure. The Gunicorn workers are increased to 3.
        sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p mayan mayan ".*" ".*" ".*"
 
 
-4. Edit the supervisor file at ``/etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf``:
+4. Edit the supervisor file at ``|MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|``:
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    Replace (paying attention to the comma at the end)::
 
diff --git a/docs/chapters/settings.rst b/docs/chapters/settings.rst
index 222fb34927..0af74302b5 100644
--- a/docs/chapters/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/chapters/settings.rst
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ or via the ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`` environment variable like this::
 
     export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mayan.media.mayan_settings.mysettings
 
+To make the use of the custom Python setting file permanent, update the ``|MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|``
+file. In the ``[supervisord]`` section, update the ``environment=`` value of
+``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`` from  the default ``mayan.settings.production`` to 
+``mayan.media.mayan_settings.mysettings``. Pay attention to the indentation of
+the ``environment=`` entries.
+
+Force supervisor to read the changes and restart using::
+    
+    sudo supervisorctl reread
+    sudo supervisorctl restart all
+
 For the :doc:`../chapters/docker` installation method, the full import path will be
 ``mayan_settings.mysettings`` and can only be passed via the
 ``MAYAN_SETTINGS_MODULE`` environment variable like this::
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 95d8875080..8b7eda9633 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ def setup(app):
     MAYAN_GUNICORN_BIN = os.path.join(MAYAN_PYTHON_BIN_DIR, 'gunicorn')
     MAYAN_PIP_BIN = os.path.join(MAYAN_PYTHON_BIN_DIR, 'pip')
     MAYAN_BIN = os.path.join(MAYAN_PYTHON_BIN_DIR, 'mayan-edms.py')
+    SUPERVISOR_ETC_PATH = '/etc/supervisor/conf.d/'
+    MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF = os.path.join(SUPERVISOR_ETC_PATH, 'mayan.conf')
 
     environment_variables = utils.load_env_file()
     environment_variables['DOCKER_MAYAN_IMAGE_VERSION'] = mayan.__version__
@@ -280,8 +282,10 @@ def setup(app):
     environment_variables['MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT'] = MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT
     environment_variables['MAYAN_PYTHON_BIN_DIR'] = MAYAN_PYTHON_BIN_DIR
     environment_variables['MAYAN_GUNICORN_BIN'] = MAYAN_GUNICORN_BIN
-    environment_variables['MAYAN_PIP_BIN'] = MAYAN_PIP_BIN
     environment_variables['MAYAN_BIN'] = MAYAN_BIN
+    environment_variables['MAYAN_PIP_BIN'] = MAYAN_PIP_BIN
+    environment_variables['SUPERVISOR_ETC_PATH'] = SUPERVISOR_ETC_PATH
+    environment_variables['MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF'] = MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF
     substitutions = utils.generate_substitutions(
         dictionary=environment_variables
     )
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst
index 37984ab20e..a017f5089c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Perform these steps after updating the code from either step above.
 
 Make a backup of your supervisord file::
 
-    sudo cp /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf.bck
+    sudo cp |MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF| |MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|.bck
 
 Update the supervisord configuration file. Replace the environment
 variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ recommended layout::
     sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=|MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT| \
-    |MAYAN_BIN| platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    |MAYAN_BIN| platformtemplate supervisord > |MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
 
-    sudo vi /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    sudo vi |MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|
 
 Migrate existing database schema with::