diff --git a/owocr_config.ini b/owocr_config.ini
index 81b9c09..5853cea 100644
--- a/owocr_config.ini
+++ b/owocr_config.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 [general]
+;Note: all lines starting with a ";" are comments, you need to remove the ";"
+;to make the line apply.
+
 ;Where to read input images from. Can be either "clipboard", "websocket",
 ;"unixsocket" (on macOS/Linux), "screencapture", or a path to a directory.
 ;read_from = clipboard