diff --git a/chapters/config.xml b/chapters/config.xml
index e2d654f8fb..75fda35508 100644
--- a/chapters/config.xml
+++ b/chapters/config.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.23 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
  <chapter id="configuration">
   <title>Configuration</title>
 
@@ -12,6 +12,27 @@
     is read when PHP starts up. For the server module versions of PHP,
     this happens only once when the web server is started.  For the
     <acronym>CGI</acronym> version, it happens on every invocation.</simpara>
+   <para>
+    <example>
+     <title>php.ini example</title>
+     <programlisting role="ini">
+; any text on a line after an unquoted semicolon (;) is ignored
+[php] ; section markers (text within square brackets) are also ignored
+; Boolean values can be set to either:
+;    true, on, yes
+; or false, off, no, none
+register_globals = off
+magic_quotes_gpc = yes
+
+; you can enclose strings in double-quotes
+include_path = ".:/usr/local/lib/php"
+
+; backslashes are treated the same as any other character
+include_path = ".;c:\php\lib"
+</programlisting>
+<!-- TODO: add more details about values and expressions -->
+    </example>
+   </para>
 
    <simpara>
     When using PHP as an Apache module, you can also change the
@@ -77,6 +98,21 @@
      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
    </para>
+   <para>
+    <example>
+     <title>Apache configuration example</title>
+     <programlisting role="ini">
+&lt;IfModule mod_php4.c&gt;
+  php_value include_path ".:/usr/local/lib/php"
+  php_flag safe_mode on
+&lt;/IfModule&gt;
+&lt;IfModule mod_php3.c&gt;
+  php3_include_path ".:/usr/local/lib/php"
+  php3_safe_mode on
+&lt;/IfModule&gt;
+</programlisting>
+    </example>
+   </para>
 
    <simpara>
     You can view the settings of the configuration values in