diff --git a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
index 859eb93..46187ce 100644
--- a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 #
 #PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 4"
 #
-# For a quad-core machine, BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "4", PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 4" would
-# be appropriate for example.
-
+# If you have a multi-core machine, you would normally set both of these variables
+# to twice the number of cores.  So for a quad-core machine, it would be appropriate
+# to set BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "8" and PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 8".
 #
 # Machine Selection
 #