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diff --git a/examples/example.mysql b/examples/example.mysql
index 51c2247..de9651f 100644
--- a/examples/example.mysql
+++ b/examples/example.mysql
@@ -53,9 +53,18 @@ compress    = yes
 # which databases to backup. should either be the word 'all' or a 
 # space separated list of database names.
 #
+# nodata = < db.table1 db.table2 db.table3 > (no default)
+# only dump the structure for the database tables listed here, this means
+# no data contained in these tables will be dumped. This is very useful
+# to backup databases that have tables with large amounts of cache data that
+# isn't necessary to backup, but you still need the structure to exist
+# on a restore. You *must* specify the table as part of a database, such
+# as "drupal.cache", where the database name is "drupal" and the table that
+# you do not want to dump the data for is called "cache". 
+#
 # backupdir = < path/to/destination > (default = /var/backups/mysql)
-# where to dump the backups. hotcopy backups will be in a subdirectory 'hotcopy' and
-# sqldump backups will be in a subdirectory 'sqldump'
+# where to dump the backups. hotcopy backups will be in a subdirectory 
+# 'hotcopy' and sqldump backups will be in a subdirectory 'sqldump'
 #
 # hotcopy = < yes | no > (default = no)
 # make a backup of the actual database binary files using mysqlhotcopy.
@@ -64,12 +73,17 @@ compress    = yes
 # make a backup using mysqldump. this creates text files with sql commands
 # sufficient to recontruct the database.
 #
+# sqldumpoptions = <options>
+# (default = --lock-tables --complete-insert --add-drop-table --quick --quote-names)
+# arguments to pass to mysqldump
+#
 # compress = < yes | no > (default = yes)
 # if yes, compress the sqldump output. 
 #
 # vsname = <vserver> (no default)
-# what vserver to operate on, only used if vserver = yes in /etc/backupninja.conf
-# if you do not specify a vsname the host will be operated on
+# what vserver to operate on (only used if vserver = yes 
+# in /etc/backupninja.conf), if you do not specify a vsname the 
+# host will be operated on
 # 
-# NB: databases = all doesn't seem to work with hotcopy = yes when vsname is specified
-# I would like to know how to fix this.
+# NB: databases = all doesn't seem to work with hotcopy = yes 
+# when vsname is specified, I would like to know how to fix this.