diff --git a/colorgccrc.sample b/colorgccrc.sample
index 5ec5949..8e87f98 100644
--- a/colorgccrc.sample
+++ b/colorgccrc.sample
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 # For example, srcColor: bold cyan on_yellow
 #
 
-# Define the paths to the actual location of the various compilers.
+# Define the paths to the actual location of the various compilers. By default
+# colorgcc calls basenames (e.g. 'gcc') so that $PATH setting is important.
 # (Currently, colorgcc only understands these: g++ gcc c++ cc)
-g++: /usr/bin/g++
-gcc: /usr/bin/gcc
-c++: /usr/bin/c++
-cc:  /usr/bin/cc
+#
+# g++: /usr/bin/g++
+# gcc: /usr/bin/gcc
+# c++: /usr/bin/c++
+# cc:  /usr/bin/cc
 
 # Don't do color if our terminal type ($TERM) is one of these.
 # (List all terminal types on one line, seperated by whitespace.)