diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index d2662b8a420..13154790b87 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   language: python
   language_version: python3
   pass_filenames: false
-  files: ^pyproject.toml$
+  files: ^(.*/)?pyproject.toml$
 
 - id: poetry-lock
   name: poetry-lock
diff --git a/docs/pre-commit-hooks.md b/docs/pre-commit-hooks.md
index 5fcbd62ef27..ab833dab3f3 100644
--- a/docs/pre-commit-hooks.md
+++ b/docs/pre-commit-hooks.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ to make sure the poetry configuration does not get committed in a broken state.
 The hook takes the same arguments as the poetry command.
 For more information see the [check command]({{< relref "cli#check" >}}).
 
+{{% note %}}
+If the `pyproject.toml` file is not in the root directory, you can specify `args: ["-C", "./subdirectory"]`.
+{{% /note %}}
 
 ## poetry-lock