diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15fc56f..5ebe2a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-.PHONY: deps, test
+.PHONY: deps, test, clean
 
 deps:
 	pip install -r ./requirements/test.txt
 
 test:
-	./runtests.py
\ No newline at end of file
+	./runtests.py
+
+clean:
+	rm -r build dist django_filter.egg-info
+
diff --git a/django_filters/filterset.py b/django_filters/filterset.py
index 5711772..48d0446 100644
--- a/django_filters/filterset.py
+++ b/django_filters/filterset.py
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ class BaseFilterSet(object):
 
         assert filter_class is not None, (
             "%s resolved field '%s' with '%s' lookup to an unrecognized field "
-            "type %s. Try adding an override to 'filter_overrides'. See: "
-            "https://django-filter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#overriding-default-filters"
+            "type %s. Try adding an override to 'Meta.filter_overrides'. See: "
+            "https://django-filter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ref/filterset.html#customise-filter-generation-with-filter-overrides"
         ) % (cls.__name__, name, lookup_expr, f.__class__.__name__)
 
         return filter_class(**default)
diff --git a/docs/guide/usage.txt b/docs/guide/usage.txt
index 8860a23..153d8bc 100644
--- a/docs/guide/usage.txt
+++ b/docs/guide/usage.txt
@@ -135,23 +135,9 @@ Overriding default filters
 
 Like ``django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin``, it is possible to override
 default filters for all the models fields of the same kind using
-``filter_overrides``::
+``filter_overrides`` on the ``Meta`` class::
 
     class ProductFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
-        filter_overrides = {
-            models.CharField: {
-                'filter_class': django_filters.CharFilter,
-                'extra': lambda f: {
-                    'lookup_expr': 'icontains',
-                },
-            },
-            models.BooleanField: {
-                'filter_class': django_filters.BooleanFilter,
-                'extra': lambda f: {
-                    'widget': forms.CheckboxInput,
-                },
-            },
-        }
 
         class Meta:
             model = Product
@@ -159,6 +145,20 @@ default filters for all the models fields of the same kind using
                 'name': ['exact'],
                 'release_date': ['isnull'],
             }
+            filter_overrides = {
+                models.CharField: {
+                    'filter_class': django_filters.CharFilter,
+                    'extra': lambda f: {
+                        'lookup_expr': 'icontains',
+                    },
+                },
+                models.BooleanField: {
+                    'filter_class': django_filters.BooleanFilter,
+                    'extra': lambda f: {
+                        'widget': forms.CheckboxInput,
+                    },
+                },
+            }
 
 
 Request-based filtering
diff --git a/docs/ref/filterset.txt b/docs/ref/filterset.txt
index 2f4929e..409c07c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/filterset.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/filterset.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Meta options
 - :ref:`exclude <exclude>`
 - :ref:`form <form>`
 - :ref:`together <together>`
-- filter_overrides
+- :ref:`filter_overrides <filter_overrides>`
 - :ref:`strict <strict>`
 
 
@@ -120,6 +120,36 @@ field set must either be all or none present in the request for
             fields = ['price', 'release_date', 'rating']
             together = ['rating', 'price']
 
+
+.. _filter_overrides:
+
+Customise filter generation with ``filter_overrides``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The inner ``Meta`` class also takes an optional ``filter_overrides`` argument.
+This is a map of model fields to filter classes with options::
+
+   class ProductFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
+
+        class Meta:
+            model = Product
+            fields = ['name', 'release_date']
+            filter_overrides = {
+                models.CharField: {
+                    'filter_class': django_filters.CharFilter,
+                    'extra': lambda f: {
+                        'lookup_expr': 'icontains',
+                    },
+                },
+                models.BooleanField: {
+                    'filter_class': django_filters.BooleanFilter,
+                    'extra': lambda f: {
+                        'widget': forms.CheckboxInput,
+                    },
+                },
+            }
+
+
 .. _strict:
 
 ``strict``