diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md
index 3ca7d5b4..090e463a 100644
--- a/SUPPORT.md
+++ b/SUPPORT.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ As an example, the configuration would be like this:
 pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-{ target }-v{ version }{ archive-suffix }"
 bin-dir = "{ name }-{ target }-v{ version }/{ bin }{ binary-ext }"
 pkg-fmt = "tgz"
+disabled-strategies = ["quick-install", "compile"]
 ```
 
 With the following configuration keys:
@@ -20,7 +21,11 @@ With the following configuration keys:
 - `pkg-url` specifies the package download URL for a given target/version, templated
 - `bin-dir` specifies the binary path within the package, templated (with an `.exe` suffix on windows)
 - `pkg-fmt` overrides the package format for download/extraction (defaults to: `tgz`)
-- `disabled-strategies` to disable specific strategies (e.g. `crate-meta-data` for trying to find pre-built on your repository, `quick-install` for pre-built from third-party cargo-bins/cargo-quickinstall, `compile` for falling back to `cargo-install`) for your crate (defaults to empty array). The user can override this by explicitly specifying --strategies on the command line.
+- `disabled-strategies` to disable specific strategies (e.g. `crate-meta-data` for trying to find pre-built on your repository,
+  `quick-install` for pre-built from third-party cargo-bins/cargo-quickinstall, `compile` for falling back to `cargo-install`)
+  for your crate (defaults to empty array).
+  If `--strategies` is passed on the command line, then the `disabled-strategies` in `package.metadata` will be ignored.
+  Otherwise, the `disabled-strategies` in `package.metadata` and `--disable-strategies` will be merged.
 
 
 `pkg-url` and `bin-dir` are templated to support different names for different versions / architectures / etc.
diff --git a/crates/bin/src/args.rs b/crates/bin/src/args.rs
index a29b95b9..c8e3eaf8 100644
--- a/crates/bin/src/args.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/src/args.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// Specify the strategies to be used,
     /// binstall will run the strategies specified in order.
     ///
+    /// If this option is specified, then cargo-binstall will ignore
+    /// `disabled-strategies` in `package.metadata` in the cargo manifest
+    /// of the installed packages.
+    ///
     /// Default value is "crate-meta-data,quick-install,compile".
     #[clap(
         help_heading = "Overrides",
@@ -167,6 +171,10 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// Disable the strategies specified.
     /// If a strategy is specified in `--strategies` and `--disable-strategies`,
     /// then it will be removed.
+    ///
+    /// If `--strategies` is not specified, then the strategies specified in this
+    /// option will be merged with the  disabled-strategies` in `package.metadata`
+    ///  in the cargo manifest of the installed packages.
     #[clap(
         help_heading = "Overrides",
         long,