diff --git a/crates/arti/src/cfg.rs b/crates/arti/src/cfg.rs
index ccc60113a..1f23086ae 100644
--- a/crates/arti/src/cfg.rs
+++ b/crates/arti/src/cfg.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ use tor_config::{impl_standard_builder, ConfigBuildError};
 
 use crate::{LoggingConfig, LoggingConfigBuilder};
 
-/// Default options to use for our configuration.
+/// Example file demonstrating our our configuration and the default options.
+///
+/// The options in this example file are all commented out;
+/// the actual defaults are done via builder attributes in all the Rust config structs.
 pub const ARTI_EXAMPLE_CONFIG: &str = concat!(include_str!("./arti-example-config.toml"),);
 
 /// Structure to hold our application configuration options