diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 189eb0bce..e8bcf1f2c 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ std::string Config::defaults =
   "# For more documentation, see http://taskwarrior.org or try 'man task', 'man task-faq',\n"
   "# 'man task-tutorial', 'man task-color' or 'man taskrc'\n"
   "\n"
+  "# Here is an example of entries that use the default, override and blank values\n"
+  "#   variable=foo   -- By specifying a value, this overrides the default\n"
+  "#   variable=      -- By specifying no value, this means no default\n"
+  "#   #variable=foo  -- By commenting out the line, this uses the default\n"
+  "\n"
   "# Files\n"
   "data.location=~/.task\n"
   "locking=on                             # Use file-level locking\n"