diff --git a/docs/plugin_examples/README.md b/docs/plugin_examples/README.md
index 566a233..0305850 100644
--- a/docs/plugin_examples/README.md
+++ b/docs/plugin_examples/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ that contains the plugin.
 ### Plugins into the Docker image
 
 The `entrypoint.sh` checks before running the app the paths
+
 - /app-data/plugins
 - /plugins
+
 for plugins to install. So you can either add the plugins as a directory to
 the volume that keeps the `app-data`, where also the `db.sqlite` and the
 `repostitory` lives. Or you organize the plugins in a separate directory
diff --git a/docs/plugin_examples/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/plugin_examples/docker-compose.yaml
index 291255d..0c482f2 100644
--- a/docs/plugin_examples/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docs/plugin_examples/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ services:
       # forward the http port to 8080
       - "8080:80"
     volumes:
+      # mount the local directory with the example plugins into
+      # the container, the container will install them into the
+      # virtual environment on startup
       - ./:/plugins:ro