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@@ -84,6 +84,24 @@ homeassistant:
 This uses the concept splitting the configuration and will include all files in a directory with the keys representing the filenames.
 See the documentation about [splitting the configuration](/docs/configuration/splitting_configuration/) for more information about `!include_dir_named` and other include statements that might be helpful. The benefit of this approach is to pull all configurations required to integrate a system, into one file, rather than across several.
 
+The following example allows to have subfolders in the `packages` folder, which could make managing multiple packages easier by grouping:
+
+```yaml
+homeassistant:
+  packages: !include_dir_merge_named packages/
+```
+
+and in `packages/subsystem1/functionality1.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+subsystem1_functionality1:
+  input_boolean:
+  ...
+  binary_sensor:
+  ...
+  automation:
+```
+
 ### Customizing entities with packages
 
 It is possible to [customize entities](/docs/configuration/customizing-devices/) within packages. Just create your customization entries under: