diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index 0d605e8..e7712c5 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ protocol = 1206            # InspIRCd link protocol version (1206 = insp4, 1205
 # surfaced. Omit the section to disable the feed.
 # [log]
 # channel = "#services"
-# Masks whose users OperServ NOTIFY never matches, so they can't flood the feed.
-# The classic case is PyLink relay clients: their nicks carry a `/network` suffix,
-# so "*/*" silences every relayed user in one line. Accepts nick globs, user@host,
-# or extbans (same syntax as a NOTIFY mask). Reloadable with OperServ REHASH.
-# notify_exclude = ["*/*"]
+# Masks OperServ NOTIFY never announces, so they can't flood the feed. A `#channel`
+# mask mutes that channel (e.g. keep a broad `#*` watch out of "#staff"); any other
+# mask mutes a user — nick globs, user@host, or extbans, same syntax as a NOTIFY
+# mask. "*/*" silences PyLink relay clients (their nicks carry a `/network` suffix).
+# Reloadable with OperServ REHASH.
+# notify_exclude = ["*/*", "#staff"]
 
 # Inactivity-expiry: accounts not identified to, and channels not joined, for
 # longer than the threshold are dropped on a periodic pass (opers, live
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 0ba064d..f696998 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -123,10 +123,11 @@ impl Expire {
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct Log {
     pub channel: String,
-    // Masks (nick globs / user@host / extbans) whose users are never announced to
-    // the feed. Set "*/*" to silence PyLink relay clients — their nicks carry a
-    // `/network` suffix — which would otherwise flood the channel through NOTIFY
-    // watches. Reloadable with REHASH.
+    // Masks NOTIFY never announces: a `#channel` mask mutes that channel, any other
+    // mask (nick glob / user@host / extban) mutes a user. Set "*/*" to silence
+    // PyLink relay clients — their nicks carry a `/network` suffix — and add a
+    // channel like "#staff" to keep a broad `#*` watch out of it. Reloadable with
+    // REHASH.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub notify_exclude: Vec<String>,
 }