diff --git a/usr/local/etc/bastille/bastille.conf b/usr/local/etc/bastille/bastille.conf
index d512f00c2..80c89c3f6 100644
--- a/usr/local/etc/bastille/bastille.conf
+++ b/usr/local/etc/bastille/bastille.conf
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
+#####################
 ## [ BastilleBSD ] ##
 #####################
 
 ## default paths
-bastille_prefix=/usr/local/bastille
-bastille_cachedir=${bastille_prefix}/cache
-bastille_jailsdir=${bastille_prefix}/jails
-bastille_logsdir=${bastille_prefix}/logs
-bastille_releasesdir=${bastille_prefix}/releases
-bastille_templatesdir=${bastille_prefix}/templates
-bastille_sharedir=/usr/local/share/bastille
-bastille_bootstrap_archives="base"
-bastille_tzdata="America/Denver"
-bastille_nameserver1="1.1.1.1"
-bastille_nameserver2="1.0.0.1"
-bastille_nameserver3=""
-bastille_nameserver_options="options edns0 rotate"
+bastille_prefix=/usr/local/bastille                     ## default: "/usr/local/bastille"
+bastille_cachedir=${bastille_prefix}/cache              ## default: ${bastille_prefix}/cache
+bastille_jailsdir=${bastille_prefix}/jails              ## default: ${bastille_prefix}/jails
+bastille_logsdir=${bastille_prefix}/logs                ## default: ${bastille_prefix}/logs
+bastille_releasesdir=${bastille_prefix}/releases        ## default: ${bastille_prefix}/releases
+bastille_templatesdir=${bastille_prefix}/templates      ## default: ${bastille_prefix}/templates
+
+## bastille scripts directory (assumed by bastille pkg)
+bastille_sharedir=/usr/local/share/bastille             ## default: "/usr/local/share/bastille"
+
+## bootstrap archives (base, lib32, ports, src, test)
+bastille_bootstrap_archives="base"                      ## default: "base"
+
+## default timezone
+bastille_tzdata="etc/UTC"                               ## default: "etc/UTC"
+
+## default jail resolv.conf
+bastille_resolv_conf="/etc/resolv.conf"                 ## default: "/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+## ZFS options
+bastille_zfs_enable=""                               ## default: ""
+bastille_zfs_zpool=""                              ## default: ""
+bastille_zfs_prefix="bastille"                          ## default: "${bastille_zfs_zpool}/bastille"
+bastille_zfs_mountpoint=${bastille_prefix}              ## default: "${bastille_prefix}"
+bastille_zfs_options="-o compress=lz4 -o atime=off"     ## default: "-o compress=lz4 -o atime=off"