diff --git a/pgloader.1 b/pgloader.1
index a998a25..f45451a 100644
--- a/pgloader.1
+++ b/pgloader.1
@@ -2805,6 +2805,21 @@ The matching is done in pgloader itself, with a Common Lisp regular expression l
 .
 .IP "" 0
 .
+.SS "Driver setup and encoding"
+pgloader is using the \fBFreeTDS\fR driver, and internally expects the data to be sent in utf\-8\. To achieve that, you can configure the FreeTDS driver with those defaults, in the file \fB~/\.freetds\.conf\fR:
+.
+.IP "" 4
+.
+.nf
+
+[global]
+    tds version = 7\.4
+    client charset = UTF\-8
+.
+.fi
+.
+.IP "" 0
+.
 .SS "DEFAULT MS SQL CASTING RULES"
 When migrating from MS SQL the following Casting Rules are provided:
 .
diff --git a/pgloader.1.md b/pgloader.1.md
index 136c3a7..80d7bc3 100644
--- a/pgloader.1.md
+++ b/pgloader.1.md
@@ -2303,6 +2303,16 @@ The `mssql` command accepts the following clauses and options:
     expression lib, so doesn't depend on the *LIKE* implementation of MS
     SQL, nor on the lack of support for regular expressions in the engine.
 
+### Driver setup and encoding
+
+pgloader is using the `FreeTDS` driver, and internally expects the data to
+be sent in utf-8. To achieve that, you can configure the FreeTDS driver with
+those defaults, in the file `~/.freetds.conf`:
+
+    [global]
+    	tds version = 7.4
+    	client charset = UTF-8
+
 ### DEFAULT MS SQL CASTING RULES
 
 When migrating from MS SQL the following Casting Rules are provided: