diff --git a/config/alprd.conf b/config/alprd.conf
index 8314f6d..a05000e 100644
--- a/config/alprd.conf
+++ b/config/alprd.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [daemon]
 
+; country determines the training dataset used for recognizing plates.  Valid values are: us, eu
 country = us
 
 ; topn is the number of possible plate character variations to report
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@ topn = 20
 ;stream = http://www.google.com/video.stream
 ;stream = http://stream2.com/stream
 
+; text name identifier for this location
 site_id = site-name
 
+; Determines whether images that contain plates should be stored to disk
 store_plates = 0
 store_plates_location = /var/www/html/plates/