diff --git a/doc/examples/blog.mdwn b/doc/examples/blog.mdwn
index 8775c01ab..b25601227 100644
--- a/doc/examples/blog.mdwn
+++ b/doc/examples/blog.mdwn
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ Or, run this command to set up a blog with ikiwiki.
 
 	% ikiwiki -setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto-blog.setup
 
-Some additional configuration you might want to do:
+Some additional configuration you might want to do, if not using
+`auto-blog.setup`:
 
 * Make sure to configure ikiwiki to generate RSS or Atom feeds.
 
-* Make sure you have the tag plugin enabled, and tag posts using it. An
-  example of how to tag a post is:
-	\[[!tag tags/life]]
+* Make sure you have the tag plugin enabled, and the `tagbase` set to
+  "tags". Tag pages will then automatically be created.
+  An example of how to tag a post is:
+	\[[!tag life]]
 
 * Enable the [[pagestats|plugins/pagestats]] plugin to get a tag cloud
   to display on the [[index]].