diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 0a21978ba2..597f01c802 100755
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  * configuration options and their usage.
  *
  * DO NOT COMPLETELY BASE YOUR CONFIGURATION FILE ON THIS SAMPLE. THIS MAY BREAK
- * YOUR INSTANCE. Instead, manually copy configurations switches that you
- * consider important for your instance to your configuration.
+ * YOUR INSTANCE. Instead, manually copy configuration switches that you
+ * consider important for your instance to your working ``config.php``, and 
+ * apply configuration options that are pertinent for your instance.
  *
  * This file is used to generate the config documentation. Please consider
  * following requirements of the current parser:
@@ -38,29 +39,39 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 
 /**
  * This is a unique identifier for your ownCloud installation, created
- * automatically by the installer. Do not change it.
+ * automatically by the installer. This example is for documentation only,
+ * and you should never use it because it will not work. A valid ``instanceid``
+ * is created when you install ownCloud.
+ *
+ * 'instanceid' => 'd3c944a9a',
  */
-'instanceid' => '',
 
-/**
+ /**
  * The salt used to hash all passwords, auto-generated by the ownCloud
  * installer. (There are also per-user salts.) If you lose this salt you lose
- * all your passwords.
+ * all your passwords. This example is for documentation only,
+ * and you should never use it.
+ *
+ *'passwordsalt' => 'd3c944a9af095aa08f',
  */
-'passwordsalt' => '',
 
 /**
  * Your list of trusted domains that users can log into. Specifying trusted
  * domains prevents host header poisoning. Do not remove this, as it performs
  * necessary security checks.
  */
-'trusted_domains' => array('demo.example.org', 'otherdomain.example.org:8080'),
+'trusted_domains' => 
+  array (
+    'demo.example.org',
+    'otherdomain.example.org:8080',
+  ),
+
 
 /**
  * Where user files are stored; this defaults to ``data/`` in the ownCloud
  * directory. The SQLite database is also stored here, when you use SQLite.
  */
-'datadirectory' => '',
+'datadirectory' => '/var/www/owncloud/data',
 
 /**
  * The current version number of your ownCloud installation. This is set up
@@ -537,7 +548,12 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  */
 
 /**
- * TODO
+ * By default, ownCloud can generate previews for the following filetypes:
+ * Images files
+ * Covers of MP3 files
+ * Text documents
+ * Valid values are ``true``, to enable previews, or 
+ * ``false``, to disable previews
  */
 'enable_previews' => true,
 /**
@@ -649,7 +665,8 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  */
 
 /**
- * Blacklist a specific file and disallow the upload of files with this name
+ * Blacklist a specific file or files and disallow the upload of files 
+ * with this name. ``.htaccess`` is blocked by default.
  * WARNING: USE THIS ONLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
  */
 'blacklisted_files' => array('.htaccess'),