diff --git a/config.example.py b/config.example.py
index eda000b..4e1d5d3 100644
--- a/config.example.py
+++ b/config.example.py
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
+# Configuration for LCC-Bot resides here.
+# This file is not tracked by git, so you can safely change it without worrying about it being overwritten or
+# accidentally committing your changes.
+
+# Please note that removing any of the variables here may cause errors - if you remove a variable, you should
+# test the bot to make sure it still works. If you removed a variable that's required, you will get an ImportError.
+#
+# Note that sometimes new config options are added down the line - you should occasionally check
+# https://github.com/EEKIM10/LCC-bot/blob/master/config.example.py to see if there are any changes or new options.
+
 import datetime
 import os
+import discord
 
+# The IDs of guilds the bot should be in; used to determine where to make slash commands
 guilds = [994710566612500550]
+
+# Email & email password for the email verification system
 email = None
 email_password = "app-specific email password"
+
+# Reminder timings for the assignments' system. This doesn't really need changing.
 reminders = {
     "1 week": 806400,
     "2 days": 86400 * 2,
@@ -11,10 +27,45 @@ reminders = {
     "6pm": datetime.time(18, 0, 0, 0),
     "3 hours": 3600 * 3,
 }
+
+# Toggles whether the bot will show the lupupa warning status on thursdays.
 lupupa_warning = True
 
+# Here are variables used by the web server for authentication.
+# If not all of these are provided, web-auth is disabled.
+# This also means that web-based verification is also disabled.
+# Incorrect credentials will cause errors, indirectly disabling the web functionality.
+# Set all of these to `none` if you don't want to use the web functionality.
+OAUTH_ID = None  # The user ID of your bot. Must be a string.
+OAUTH_SECRET = "my_secret"  # The oauth secret.
+OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI = "http://127.0.0.1:3762/auth"  # The full redirect URI registered on your oauth page.
+
+# Here you can change where the web server points.
+# You should not change this as you should only permit access to the web server via web proxy.
+HTTP_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
+HTTP_PORT = 3762
+
+# You can also just fully turn the web server off
+WEB_SERVER = False
+
+# Only change this if you want to test changes to the bot without sending too much traffic to discord.
+# Connect modes:
+# * 0: Operate as normal
+# * 1: Exit as soon as the bot is ready
+# * 2: Exit before making the websocket connection to discord
+CONNECT_MODE = 0
+
+# Toggles dev mode based on the environment variable `DEV`. You can set this to anything here, as long as it
+# can evaluate to a boolean.
 dev = bool(int(os.getenv("DEV", "0")))
 if dev is False:
+    # This is the token that will be used if dev mode is disabled.
     token = "PROD_TOKEN"
 else:
+    # This is the token that will be used for development mode. You should specify this if you have a separate test bot
+    # to avoid creating duplicate slash commands or exceeding rate limits.
     token = "DEV_TOKEN"
+
+
+# You can also set intents here if you want to disable some of them. By default, the bot will enable all intents.
+intents = discord.Intents.all()