diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3857a4f..8d642b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ ngen behaves. Right now, this only involves a single feature: generating a
 compile\_commands.json file for the `clangd` LSP.
 
 To enable the generation of compile\_commands.json, simply add the following
-line the **global scope** (i.e. next to your `main` target, not beneath any of
-your other targets) of your `ngen.toml`:
+line to the **top** of your `ngen.toml` **(all `config` keys MUST be at the TOP
+of the file)**:
 
 ```toml
 config.compile_commands = true
@@ -289,3 +289,27 @@ config.compile_commands_target = "debug"
 
 will generate the the compile\_commands for the `debug` target.
 
+Our final `ngen.toml` looks like this:
+```toml
+config.compile_commands = true
+config.compile_commands_target = "debug"
+
+outfile = "example"
+compiler = "gcc"
+compiler_flags = ["-Wall", "-Wextra"]
+linker_libs = ["-lm"]
+sources = [
+  "src/main.c",
+  "src/util.c",
+  "src/functions.c",
+  "src/foobar.c",
+]
+
+[debug]
+outfile = "example_dbg"
+compiler_flags = ["-g"]
+
+[release]
+compiler_flags = ["-O2"]
+```
+