diff --git a/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl b/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl
index af662f85228a6dc3b7ff3067ace84d11a5ffc7c8..25b75a12bc9ce9097af142fccf04e1d77a55b54c 100644
--- a/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl
+++ b/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ R"===(
  * [
  *	{ "index" : 0, "intensity" : 1000, "worksize" : 8, "affine_to_cpu" : false, "strided_index" : true },
  * ],
+ * If you do not wish to mine with your AMD GPU(s) then use:
+ * "gpu_threads_conf" :
+ * null,
  */
 
 "gpu_threads_conf" : [
diff --git a/xmrstak/backend/cpu/config.tpl b/xmrstak/backend/cpu/config.tpl
index b21a22d24e66e86c1271c8dbe040938d59272aec..fc4acb912985874a6c3edd2d5b73d42c6bc26b69 100644
--- a/xmrstak/backend/cpu/config.tpl
+++ b/xmrstak/backend/cpu/config.tpl
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ R"===(
  *      { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 0 },
  *      { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 1 },
  * ],
+ * If you do not wish to mine with your CPU(s) then use:
+ * "cpu_threads_conf" :
+ * null,
  */
 
 "cpu_threads_conf" :
diff --git a/xmrstak/backend/nvidia/config.tpl b/xmrstak/backend/nvidia/config.tpl
index 54791729ed7f4c62488b86c46f1938a4f6ac5080..f489956afdf0bd96e7fecb08796e8a829407779a 100644
--- a/xmrstak/backend/nvidia/config.tpl
+++ b/xmrstak/backend/nvidia/config.tpl
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ R"===(
  *       "affine_to_cpu" : false, "sync_mode" : 3,
  *     },
  * ],
+ * If you do not wish to mine with your nVidia GPU(s) then use:
+ * "gpu_threads_conf" :
+ * null,
  */
 
 "gpu_threads_conf" :