diff --git a/custom/example.zsh b/custom/example.zsh
index 28ffcae25..c505a9673 100644
--- a/custom/example.zsh
+++ b/custom/example.zsh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-# Add yourself some shortcuts to projects you often work on
-# Example:
+# You can put files here to add functionality separated per file, which
+# will be ignored by git.
+# Files on the custom/ directory will be automatically loaded by the init
+# script, in alphabetical order.
+
+# For example: add yourself some shortcuts to projects you often work on.
+#
+# brainstormr=~/Projects/development/planetargon/brainstormr
+# cd $brainstormr
 #
-# brainstormr=/Users/robbyrussell/Projects/development/planetargon/brainstormr
-#
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