From 5ae981f8c17edeccd8effba60bcd373a924709e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: J <12501551+NBeing@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:23:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify keymap location and format in
 newbs_building_firmware.md (#24663)

---
 docs/newbs_building_firmware.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md b/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md
index f3afd6a89685..f5e529b9cee3 100644
--- a/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md
+++ b/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Look at the output from that command, you should see something like this:
 Ψ Created a new keymap called <github_username> in: /home/me/qmk_firmware/keyboards/clueboard/66/rev3/keymaps/<github_username>.
 ```
 
-This is the location of your new `keymap.c` file.
+This is the location of your new keymap file. Your keyboards default keymap file may be a `.json` file or a `.c` file.  If your keymap is a `.json` file it can be converted to a `.c` file using QMK's [`json2c`](cli_commands#qmk-json2c) utility. 
 
 ## Open `keymap.c` In Your Favorite Text Editor