diff --git a/docs/api/async-logger-build-config-type.md b/docs/api/async-logger-build-config-type.md
index be27a49..eeb16c3 100644
--- a/docs/api/async-logger-build-config-type.md
+++ b/docs/api/async-logger-build-config-type.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Detailed rules explaining key parameters and behaviors
 - `build_async_logger(...)`, `build_async_text_logger(...)`, `parse_async_logger_build_config_text(...)`, `async_logger_build_config_to_json(...)`, and `stringify_async_logger_build_config(...)` all consume or produce this same public shape.
 - `build_async_logger(...)` consumes the full sync build path by calling `build_logger(config.logger)` first, so `LoggerConfig.sink`, `LoggerConfig.queue`, and the resulting runtime sink behavior all participate before the async layer is added.
 - `build_async_text_logger(...)` is narrower: it builds a text console sink directly from `config.logger.sink.text_formatter` and the top-level `min_level`, `target`, and `timestamp` fields, without applying `LoggerConfig.queue`.
+- On that text-specific path, `config.logger.sink.kind` also does not decide the runtime sink shape. `build_async_text_logger(...)` still constructs `FormattedConsoleSink` from `config.logger.sink.text_formatter` even if the config says `Console`, `JsonConsole`, or `File`.
 
 ### How to Use
 
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ In this example, both layers of logger setup are kept in one typed value.
 
 And downstream code can still choose between the full sync-first builder path and the narrower text-console builder path.
 
+And if downstream code chooses `build_async_text_logger(...)`, that builder choice still matters more than `logger.sink.kind` because only the formatter-backed text path is consumed there.
+
 #### When Need To Export Or Inspect The Full Build Shape
 
 When application code should inspect the combined async build configuration before constructing the logger:
@@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ e.g.:
 
 - If callers expect every `LoggerConfig` field to affect every async builder in the same way, that assumption is too broad: the text-specific builder intentionally ignores the optional sync queue layer.
 
+- In particular, carrying `logger.sink.kind=File` inside this config type does not force the later text-specific builder path to create a file-backed async logger; only `build_async_logger(...)` branches on sink kind.
+
 ### Notes
 
 1. Use `AsyncLoggerBuildConfig::new(...)` when one object should carry both sync and async logger setup.
diff --git a/docs/api/async-logger-build-config.md b/docs/api/async-logger-build-config.md
index 0c54fdf..71d1dc8 100644
--- a/docs/api/async-logger-build-config.md
+++ b/docs/api/async-logger-build-config.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Detailed rules explaining key parameters and behaviors
 - The constructor does not normalize or reinterpret either embedded config beyond those defaults; any normalization has already happened inside the `LoggerConfig` or `AsyncLoggerConfig` values passed in.
 - When passed to `build_async_logger(...)`, the `logger` portion is built first through the normal synchronous config path before the outer async queue layer is applied.
 - When passed to `build_async_text_logger(...)`, the same `logger` portion is consumed more narrowly: `text_formatter`, `min_level`, `target`, and `timestamp` are used directly to build a text console sink, while `LoggerConfig.queue` is not applied.
+- On that text-specific path, `logger.sink.kind` also does not decide the runtime sink shape. `build_async_text_logger(...)` still constructs `FormattedConsoleSink` from `logger.sink.text_formatter` even if the config says `Console`, `JsonConsole`, or `File`.
 - This helper is the main code-side counterpart to `parse_async_logger_build_config_text(...)`.
 
 ### How to Use
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ In this example, the builder input keeps both configuration layers in one typed
 
 And later code can still decide whether that shared config should flow into the full sync-first builder or the narrower text-console builder.
 
+And if later code chooses `build_async_text_logger(...)`, that builder choice still matters more than `logger.sink.kind` because only the formatter-backed text path is consumed there.
+
 #### When Need Defaulted Async Build Settings
 
 When code only wants the standard combined config shape with few overrides:
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@ e.g.:
 
 - If callers expect every field inside `LoggerConfig` to affect every async builder equally, that assumption is too broad: `build_async_text_logger(...)` intentionally skips the optional sync queue layer.
 
+- In particular, carrying `logger.sink.kind=File` inside this config does not force the later text-specific builder path to create a file-backed async logger; only `build_async_logger(...)` branches on sink kind.
+
 ### Notes
 
 1. Use this helper when async builder APIs should receive one combined config object.