diff --git a/sample-btcd.conf b/sample-btcd.conf
index 02e370b5..6e6c534f 100644
--- a/sample-btcd.conf
+++ b/sample-btcd.conf
@@ -35,13 +35,16 @@
 ; tor=1
 
 
-; Add as many peers to connect to as desired.  Separate each peer with a space.
+; Add persistent peers to connect to as desired.  One peer per line.
 ; You may specify each IP address with or without a port.  The default port will
 ; be added automatically if one is not specified here.
 ;
 ; NOTE: btcd only currently works with a single peer, but this will be changing
 ; soon as multi-peer support is under development.
-; addpeer=192.168.1.1 10.0.0.2:8333 fe80::1 [fe80::2]:8333
+; addpeer=192.168.1.1
+; addpeer=10.0.0.2:8333
+; addpeer=fe80::1
+; addpeer=[fe80::2]:8333
 
 ; Maximum number of inbound and outbound peers.
 ; maxpeers=8