diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index e3cda66f8..27c8cf8fd 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - ~/.scrypted/volume:/server/volume
             # modify and add the additional volume for Scrypted NVR
-            # - /media/external:/media/external
+            # the following example would mount the /media/external path on the host
+            # to the /nvr path inside the docker container.
+            # - /media/external:/nvr
         # logging is noisy and will unnecessarily wear on flash storage.
         # scrypted has per device in memory logging that is preferred.
         logging: