diff --git a/docs/concepts/projects/config.md b/docs/concepts/projects/config.md
index e610111a88a62..de281bee3bbd4 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/projects/config.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/projects/config.md
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ Setting `tool.uv.package = true` will force a project to be built and installed
 environment. If no build system is defined, uv will use the setuptools legacy backend.
 
 Setting `tool.uv.package = false` will force a project package _not_ to be built and installed into
-the project environment. uv will ignore a declared build system when interacting with the project.
+the project environment. uv will ignore a declared build system when interacting with the project;
+however, uv will still respect explicit attempts to build the project such as invoking `uv build`.
 
 ## Project environment path