diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d25a07e20..5121952ce 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ An example ``pyproject.toml`` configuration file:
    line-length = 80                  # Passed to isort and Black, override their config
    target-version = ["py312"]        # Passed to Black, overriding its config
    log_level = "INFO"
-   preview = false                   # Passed to Black, overriding its config
 
    [tool.black]
    line-length = 88                  # Overridden by [tool.darker] above
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ An example ``pyproject.toml`` configuration file:
    exclude = "test_*\.py"
    extend_exclude = "/generated/"
    force_exclude = ".*\.pyi"
-   preview = true                    # Overridden above
+   preview = true                    # Only supported in [tool.black]
 
 
    [tool.isort]
diff --git a/src/darker/config.py b/src/darker/config.py
index 8d7806cde..1324901b0 100644
--- a/src/darker/config.py
+++ b/src/darker/config.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class DarkerConfig(BaseConfig, total=False):
     skip_magic_trailing_comma: bool
     line_length: int
     target_version: str
-    preview: bool
 
 
 class OutputMode:
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py b/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py
index fb6eb5a3b..e8940afda 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py
@@ -305,6 +305,19 @@ def test_parse_command_line_deprecated_option(
     assert {c.args[0] for c in warn.call_args_list} == expect_warn
 
 
+def test_parse_command_line_unknown_conffile_option(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """`parse_command_line` warns about deprecated configuration options."""
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    config = {"unknown": "value", "preview": "true"}
+    (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text(toml.dumps({"tool": {"darker": config}}))
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ConfigurationError,
+        match=r"Invalid \[tool.darker\] keys in pyproject.toml: preview, unknown",
+    ):
+
+        parse_command_line(["-"])
+
+
 def test_help_description_without_isort_package(capsys):
     """``darker --help`` description shows how to add ``isort`` if it's not present"""
     with isort_present(False):
@@ -565,6 +578,16 @@ def test_black_options(monkeypatch, tmpdir, git_repo, options, expect):
         options=["-t", "py39"],
         expect=call(target_versions={TargetVersion.PY39}),
     ),
+    dict(
+        config=["preview = true"],
+        options=[],
+        expect=call(preview=True),
+    ),
+    dict(
+        config=["preview = false"],
+        options=["--preview"],
+        expect=call(preview=True),
+    ),
     dict(
         config=["preview = true"],
         options=["--preview"],