diff --git a/todo.cfg b/todo.cfg
index 0ab7d9b..3ccd218 100644
--- a/todo.cfg
+++ b/todo.cfg
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ export REPORT_FILE="$TODO_DIR/report.txt"
 
 # === BEHAVIOR ===
 
+## verbosity
+#
+# By default, additional information and confirmation of actions (like
+# "TODO: 1 added") are printed. You can suppress this via 0 or add extra
+# verbosity via 2.
+# export TODOTXT_VERBOSE=1
+
 ## customize list output
 #
 # TODOTXT_SORT_COMMAND will filter after line numbers are