diff --git a/src/main/resources/configuration.txt b/src/main/resources/configuration.txt
index 9b561d98..186cf49c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/configuration.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/configuration.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ components:
     hidewebchatip: false
     trustclientname: false
     includehiddenplayers: false
+    # (optional) if true, color codes in player display names are used
+    use-name-colors: false
     # (optional) if true, player login IDs will be used for web chat when their IPs match
     use-player-login-ip: true
     # (optional) if use-player-login-ip is true, setting this to true will cause chat messages not matching a known player IP to be ignored
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ components:
   #  webchat-interval: 5
   #  hidewebchatip: false
   #  includehiddenplayers: false
+  #  use-name-colors: false
   #  use-player-login-ip: false
   #  require-player-login-ip: false
   #  block-banned-player-chat: true