diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 526ad1fb..6227d3ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Check out the [ESLint docs](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/) for all possible rule
 ### Configuration
 
 - `sourceType` can be set to `'module'`(default) or `'script'` if your code isn't using ECMAScript modules.
-- `configFile` Optional. If not defined, babel-eslint will use Babel's default configuration file resolution logic. Otherwise, it will use the path to config file given as a string here. See [Babel's documentation](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/options#configfile) for more details.
+- `configFile` If defined, it will use the path to config file given as a string here. Otherwise, babel-eslint will use Babel's default configuration file resolution logic. See [Babel's documentation](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/options#configfile) for more details.
 - `allowImportExportEverywhere` (default `false`) can be set to `true` to allow import and export declarations to appear anywhere a statement is allowed if your build environment supports that. Otherwise import and export declarations can only appear at a program's top level.
 - `ecmaFeatures.globalReturn` (default `false`) allow return statements in the global scope when used with `sourceType: "script"`.
 
diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index d0258a36..00286cf7 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function(code, options) {
   const opts = {
     sourceType: options.sourceType,
     configFile: options.configFile,
+    filename: options.filePath,
     parserOpts: {
       allowImportExportEverywhere: options.allowImportExportEverywhere, // consistent with espree
       allowReturnOutsideFunction: true,