diff --git a/paperless.conf.example b/paperless.conf.example
index 58d3f09d9..a86523176 100644
--- a/paperless.conf.example
+++ b/paperless.conf.example
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ PAPERLESS_DEBUG="false"
 #PAPERLESS_FORGIVING_OCR="false"
 
 
+# By default Paperless does not OCR a document if the text can be retrieved from
+# the document directly. Set to true to always OCR documents.
+#PAPERLESS_OCR_ALWAYS="false"
+
+
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