diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e64294..b66c7a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- added documentation to the sample config file
+- improved help message
 
 ## [v0.2.1] - 2020-04-06
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7dd8249..7ffa67b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ USAGE:
 
 FLAGS:
     -h, --help       Prints help information
-    -v, --verbose    Be verbose (you can add this up to 4 times for more logs)
+    -v, --verbose    Be verbose (you can add this up to 4 times for more logs).
+                     By default, only errors are logged, so no output is a good thing.
     -V, --version    Prints version information
 
 ARGS:
diff --git a/config.toml.sample b/config.toml.sample
index 4011880..25de410 100644
--- a/config.toml.sample
+++ b/config.toml.sample
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+# Defines where the metrics will be served.
+# Takes the format IPv4:port or [IPv6]:port
 listener = "[::]:9898"
 
+# Array of hosts to ping. Currently only supports plain IPs, no DNS names.
+# The format here is `"host" = interval in milliseconds`, so these examples
+# will ping the primary and secondary IP of cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS service
+# every 500ms, or twice per second.
 [hosts]
 "1.1.1.1" = 500
 "1.0.0.1" = 500
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index db5398e..d4ec22d 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ pub(crate) fn setup_clap() -> clap::ArgMatches<'static> {
         (author: crate_authors!())
         (about: crate_description!())
         (@arg config: +required "Set config file")
-        (@arg v: -v --verbose ... "Be verbose (you can add this up to 4 times for more logs)")
+        (@arg v: -v --verbose ... "Be verbose (you can add this up to 4 times for more logs).
+By default, only errors are logged, so no output is a good thing.")
     )
     .get_matches()
 }