diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 1f2fb2e8..e8edf3af 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ with KalshiClient(key_id="...", private_key_path="...", config=config) as client
 | `max_retries` | `3` | Maximum retry attempts on retryable methods. |
 | `retry_base_delay` | `0.5` | Base for exponential backoff (seconds). |
 | `retry_max_delay` | `30.0` | Cap on any single retry sleep — also caps `Retry-After`. |
+| `total_timeout` | `None` | Wall-clock cap (seconds) across the whole request including all retries. `None` = unbounded; cap with the per-attempt `timeout` only. See [Retries & idempotency](retries.md). |
 | `extra_headers` | `{}` | Extra HTTP headers added to every request. Useful for custom User-Agent. |
 | `ws_base_url` | `wss://api.elections.kalshi.com/trade-api/ws/v2` | WebSocket base URL. |
 | `ws_max_retries` | `10` | Maximum reconnect attempts before the WS gives up. |
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ with KalshiClient(key_id="...", private_key_path="...", config=config) as client
 | `ws_json_loads` | `None` | Optional callable for parsing WS frames (e.g. `orjson.loads`). |
 | `ws_json_dumps` | `None` | Optional callable for serializing outbound WS commands. |
 | `limits` | `None` | Connection-pool limits passed to `httpx`. When `None`, the underlying `httpx.Client` uses its own pool defaults. Pass an `httpx.Limits(...)` to tune. See [Performance](websockets.md#performance) for WS sizing guidance. |
+| `ws_ping_interval` | `20.0` | Seconds between WebSocket keepalive pings (forwarded to the `websockets` library). |
+| `ws_close_timeout` | `5.0` | Seconds to wait for a clean WebSocket close handshake before forcing the socket shut. |
+| `allow_unknown_host` | `False` | When `False`, reject `base_url` / `ws_base_url` whose host is not in the Kalshi allowlist (`api.elections.kalshi.com`, `demo-api.kalshi.co`) or a loopback host. Set `allow_unknown_host=True` or `KALSHI_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_HOST=1` to allow it (mock server, proxy, alternate region). (Added in v2.5.0, #250.) |
 
 See [Retries & idempotency](retries.md) for what `max_retries`,
 `retry_base_delay`, `retry_max_delay` do at runtime.
@@ -72,8 +76,9 @@ you also need other tuning.
 - `ws_base_url` must be `wss://` for remote hosts; `ws://` is only allowed
   against the same loopback set.
 - Trailing slashes are auto-stripped from both.
-- Unknown hosts log a warning (Kalshi's known hosts are
-  `api.elections.kalshi.com` and `demo-api.kalshi.co`).
+- Unknown hosts are rejected by default; opt in via `allow_unknown_host`
+  (see the [Fields](#fields) table) or `KALSHI_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_HOST=1`. Kalshi's
+  known hosts are `api.elections.kalshi.com` and `demo-api.kalshi.co`.
 
 This catches plaintext config slip-ups before any request is sent.