diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/underlay.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/underlay.pm
index c59935672..51b769333 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/underlay.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/underlay.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sub getsetup () {
 		},
 		add_underlays => {
 			type => "string",
-			default => [],
+			example => ["$ENV{HOME}/wiki.underlay"],
 			description => "extra underlay directories to add",
 			advanced => 1,
 			safe => 0,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sub getsetup () {
 		},
 		add_templates => {
 			type => "string",
-			default => [],
+			example => ["$ENV{HOME}/.ikiwiki/templates"],
 			description => "extra template directories to add",
 			advanced => 1,
 			safe => 0,
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c13cbf3b3..f4132cb46 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ikiwiki (3.20091032) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * underlay: Fix example values put in setup file to be array
+    references.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:04:29 -0500
+
 ikiwiki (3.20091031) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * po: Fix breakage caused by changes to render code.