diff --git a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
index fda1671e416..02ef02e920f 100644
--- a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
@@ -758,7 +758,9 @@
 #   When searching for paths, the default search aggressiveness. This can take
 #   exponentially more resources as the size is increased.
 #
-#   The default is: 7
+#   The recommended value to support advanced pathfinding is: 7
+#
+#   The default is: 2
 #
 # [path_search_fast]
 # [path_search_max]
@@ -767,12 +769,19 @@
 #   If you do not need pathfinding, you can set path_search_max to zero to
 #   disable it and avoid some expensive bookkeeping.
 #
-#   The default for 'path_search_fast' is 2. The default for 'path_search_max' is 10.
+#   To support advanced pathfinding the recommended value for
+#   'path_search_fast' is 2, and for 'path_search_max' is 10.
+#
+#   The default for 'path_search_fast' is 2. The default for 'path_search_max' is 3.
 #
 # [path_search_old]
 #
 #   For clients that use the legacy path finding interfaces, the search
-#   aggressiveness to use. The default is 7.
+#   aggressiveness to use.
+#
+#   The recommended value to support advanced pathfinding is: 7.
+#
+#   The default is: 2
 #
 #
 #