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diff --git a/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg b/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
index 5bf033d6b4..7e7813c8d0 100644
--- a/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
+++ b/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
@@ -65,18 +65,20 @@ insecure = no
 [Cloud]
 provider = gce
 
-# XXX(twp): figure out good default settings for GCE
-# It's usually most cost-effective to shut down compute nodes during narrow
-# windows of time.  For example, EC2 bills each node by the hour, so the best
-# time to shut down a node is right before a new hour of uptime starts.
-# Shutdown windows define these periods of time.  These are windows in
-# full minutes, separated by commas.  Counting from the time the node is
-# booted, the node WILL NOT shut down for N1 minutes; then it MAY shut down
-# for N2 minutes; then it WILL NOT shut down for N3 minutes; and so on.
-# For example, "54, 5, 1" means the node may shut down from the 54th to the
-# 59th minute of each hour of uptime.
-# Specify at least two windows.  You can add as many as you need beyond that.
-shutdown_windows = 54, 5, 1
+# Shutdown windows define periods of time when a node may and may not
+# be shut down.  These are windows in full minutes, separated by
+# commas.  Counting from the time the node is booted, the node WILL
+# NOT shut down for N1 minutes; then it MAY shut down for N2 minutes;
+# then it WILL NOT shut down for N3 minutes; and so on.  For example,
+# "54, 5, 1" means the node may shut down from the 54th to the 59th
+# minute of each hour of uptime.
+# GCE bills by the minute, and does not provide information about when
+# a node booted.  Node Manager will store this information in metadata
+# when it boots a node; if that information is not available, it will
+# assume the node booted at the epoch.  These shutdown settings are
+# very aggressive.  You may want to adjust this if you want more
+# continuity of service from a single node.
+shutdown_windows = 20, 999999
 
 [Cloud Credentials]
 user_id = client_email_address@developer.gserviceaccount.com
@@ -93,7 +95,10 @@ timeout = 60
 # credential_file =
 
 [Cloud List]
-# Keywords here will be used to populate the metadata field for a GCE node.
+# A comma-separated list of tags that must be applied to a node for it to
+# be considered a compute node.
+# The driver will automatically apply these tags to nodes it creates.
+tags = zyxwv, compute
 
 [Cloud Create]
 # New compute nodes will send pings to Arvados at this host.
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ ping_host = hostname:port
 # * Valid location (zone) names: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/zones
 image = debian-7
 location = us-central1-a
+# network = your_network_name
 
 # JSON string of service account authorizations for this cluster.
 # See http://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/compute/drivers/gce.html#specifying-service-account-scopes