diff --git a/examples/config_example.yml b/examples/config_example.yml
index 4d566ce4318143f7b2dbdd842fef990667a799ee..c935bac00504af1eceb046da8e93e87bd64bcd90 100644
--- a/examples/config_example.yml
+++ b/examples/config_example.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ galaxy:
       webapollo_user: admin_apollo@galaxy.org  # Required
       webapollo_password: apollopass  # Required
       galaxy_config_remote_user_maildomain: mydomain.com  # Required. The maildomain used by Galaxy authentication
-      persist_galaxy_data: "True"  # Optional. If True, docker data will be backed up. Do not set this variable to "false" for production
+      persist_galaxy_data: "True"  # # Optional (default: True). If False, docker data will NOT be persisted on your host's file system and will be lost any time the galaxy container is recreated. Do not set this variable to "False" for production
 # tripal-specific variables
 tripal:
       tripal_password: tripalpass  # Required. Tripal database password (also used by galaxy as an environment variable)