diff --git a/configuration/jsr223.md b/configuration/jsr223.md
index b83aa7eab..a92230f7c 100644
--- a/configuration/jsr223.md
+++ b/configuration/jsr223.md
@@ -37,22 +37,23 @@ Scripts should be placed in the `${OPENHAB_CONF}/automation/jsr223/` directory.
 This directory will vary, [based on the type of openHAB installation used](https://www.openhab.org/docs/installation/linux.html#installation).
 For example, Linux installations created with a package installer will use `/etc/openhab2/automation/jsr223/`, and manual installations will use `/opt/openhab2/conf/automation/jsr223/`.
 
-When openHAB starts, scripts will be loaded in an order based on their file name and path. 
+When openHAB starts, scripts will be loaded in an order based on their file name. 
+If the scripts have the same name, which should rarely happen, the parent directories will be considered in the sort. 
 For example, with the following scripts and directory structure...
 
 ```text
 ├── automation/jsr223
-│   ├── 00
-│   │   ├── 00_00.py
-│   │   └── 01_00.py
-│   ├── 00.py
-│   ├── 01
-│   │   ├── 00_01.py
-│   │   └── 01_01.py
-│   └── 01.py
+│   ├── dir1
+│   │   ├── 001_script.py
+│   │   └── script.py
+│   ├── 001_script.py
+│   ├── dir2
+│   │   ├── 002_script.py
+│   │   └── script.py
+│   └── script.py
 ```
 
-... the load order will be: `00.py`, `00/00_00.py`, `00/01_00.py`, `01.py`, `01/00_01.py`, `01/01_01.py`.
+... the load order will be: `/001_script.py`, `/dir1/001_script.py`, `/dir2/002_script.py`, `/script.py`, `/dir1/script.py`, `/dir2/script.py`.
 
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