diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 75cb4da61..53836392a 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -82,21 +82,8 @@ std::string Config::defaults =
   "\n"
   "# Color controls.\n"
   "color=on                               # Enable color\n"
-  "color.overdue=bold red                 # Color of overdue tasks\n"
-  "color.due=bold yellow                  # Color of due tasks\n"
-  "color.pri.H=bold                       # Color of priority:H tasks\n"
-  "#color.pri.M=on yellow                 # Color of priority:M tasks\n"
-  "#color.pri.L=on green                  # Color of priority:L tasks\n"
-  "#color.pri.none=white on blue          # Color of priority:  tasks\n"
-  "color.active=bold cyan                 # Color of active tasks\n"
-  "color.tagged=yellow                    # Color of tagged tasks\n"
-  "#color.tag.bug=yellow                  # Color of +bug tasks\n"
-  "#color.project.garden=on green         # Color of project:garden tasks\n"
-  "#color.keyword.car=on blue             # Color of description.contains:car tasks\n"
-  "#color.recurring=on red                # Color of recur.any: tasks\n"
   "#color.header=bold green               # Color of header messages\n"
   "#color.footnote=bold green             # Color of footnote messages\n"
-  "#color.alternate=on rgb253             # Alternate color for line coloring\n"
   "color.calendar.today=black on cyan     # Color of today in calendar\n"
   "color.calendar.due=black on green      # Color of days with due tasks in calendar\n"
   "color.calendar.overdue=black on red    # Color of days with overdue tasks in calendar\n"
@@ -105,6 +92,24 @@ std::string Config::defaults =
   "color.calendar.weeknumber=black on white      # Color of the weeknumbers in calendar\n"
   "#color.debug=magenta                   # Color of diagnostic output\n"
   "\n"
+  "# The following rules are presented in their order of precedence.\n"
+  "# The higher the color rule is up this list, the higher precedence\n"
+  "# it has in determining the color for the task.  Precedence is shown\n"
+  "# in brackets [1]\n"
+  "#color.recurring=on red                # [1]  Color of recur.any: tasks\n"
+  "color.overdue=bold red                 # [2]  Color of overdue tasks\n"
+  "color.due=bold yellow                  # [3]  Color of due tasks\n"
+  "#color.keyword.car=on blue             # [4]  Color of description.contains:car tasks\n"
+  "#color.project.garden=on green         # [5]  Color of project:garden tasks\n"
+  "#color.tag.bug=yellow                  # [6]  Color of +bug tasks\n"
+  "color.active=bold cyan                 # [7]  Color of active tasks\n"
+  "#color.pri.none=white on blue          # [8]  Color of priority:  tasks\n"
+  "color.pri.H=bold                       # [8]  Color of priority:H tasks\n"
+  "#color.pri.M=on yellow                 # [8]  Color of priority:M tasks\n"
+  "#color.pri.L=on green                  # [8]  Color of priority:L tasks\n"
+  "color.tagged=yellow                    # [9]  Color of tagged tasks\n"
+  "#color.alternate=on rgb253             # [10] Alternate color for line coloring\n"
+  "\n"
   "# Shadow file support\n"
   "#shadow.file=/tmp/shadow.txt           # Location of shadow file\n"
   "#shadow.command=list                   # Task command for shadow file\n"