diff --git a/etc/rtrtr.conf b/etc/rtrtr.conf
index 6d9f6ea..8080742 100644
--- a/etc/rtrtr.conf
+++ b/etc/rtrtr.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ log_file = "/var/log/rtrtr.log"
 #
 # Currently, the server is only used for metrics, but eventually we will have
 # HTTP targets that publish their data under a path of the HTTP server.
+#
+# The HTTP server provides access to Prometheus-style metrics under the
+# `/metrics` path and plain text status information under `/status`
 http-listen = ["127.0.0.1:8080"]
 
 # RTRTR uses two classes of components: units and targets. Units take data