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diff --git a/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example b/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
index 631db7376..2988ccc0b 100644
--- a/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
+++ b/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@
# #
########################################################################
+#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-# CONFIGURATION FORMAT #-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-
+# #
+# In order to maintain compatibility with older configuration files, #
+# you can change the configuration parser to parse as it did in #
+# previous releases. When using the "compat" format, you need to use #
+# C++ escape sequences (e.g. \n) instead of XML ones (e.g. &nl;) and #
+# can not use <define> to create macros. #
+#<config format="compat">
+
#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-# INCLUDE CONFIGURATION #-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#
# #
# This optional tag allows you to include another config file #
@@ -69,11 +78,6 @@
# #
# Variables may be redefined and may reference other variables. #
# Value expansion happens at the time the tag is read. #
-# #
-# Using variable definitions REQUIRES that the config format be #
-# changed to "xml" from the default "compat" that uses escape #
-# sequences such as "\"" and "\n", and does not support <define> #
-<config format="xml">
<define name="bindip" value="1.2.2.3">
<define name="localips" value="&bindip;/24">