diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 3e4edc6b0b..46af6edf1f 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
# blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
# specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
#
+# As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
+# servers provided by user input.
+#
# (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
# listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
#
@@ -937,6 +940,8 @@ uploads_path: "DATADIR/uploads"
# by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
# https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
#
+# If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
+#
account_threepid_delegates:
#email: https://example.com # Delegate email sending to example.org
#msisdn: http://localhost:8090 # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
@@ -1101,12 +1106,13 @@ signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
# Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
#
-# `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
-# See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+# At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
+# enable SAML login.
#
-# Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
-# so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
-# override them.
+# (You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
+# disable the regular login/registration flows:
+# * enable_registration
+# * password_config.enabled
#
# Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
# https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/metadata.xml, which you may be able to
@@ -1114,52 +1120,59 @@ signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
# the IdP to use an ACS location of
# https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/authn_response.
#
-#saml2_config:
-# sp_config:
-# # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
-# # (preferably) a URL.
-# metadata:
-# #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
-# remote:
-# - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
-#
-# # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like to
-# # allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
-# # 'service.sp' section:
-# #
-# #service:
-# # sp:
-# # allow_unsolicited: True
-#
-# # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
-# # may well not need it, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
-# # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
-#
-# description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
-# name: ["Test SP", "en"]
-#
-# organization:
-# name: Example com
-# display_name:
-# - ["Example co", "en"]
-# url: "http://example.com"
-#
-# contact_person:
-# - given_name: Bob
-# sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
-# email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
-# contact_type": technical
-#
-# # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
-# # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
-# #
-# config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"
-#
-# # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
-# # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
-# # The default is 5 minutes.
-# #
-# # saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+saml2_config:
+ # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
+ # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+ #
+ # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
+ # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
+ # override them.
+ #
+ #sp_config:
+ # # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
+ # # (preferably) a URL.
+ # metadata:
+ # #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
+ # remote:
+ # - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
+ #
+ # # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
+ # # to allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
+ # # 'service.sp' section:
+ # #
+ # #service:
+ # # sp:
+ # # allow_unsolicited: true
+ #
+ # # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
+ # # may well not need them, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
+ # # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
+ #
+ # description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
+ # name: ["Test SP", "en"]
+ #
+ # organization:
+ # name: Example com
+ # display_name:
+ # - ["Example co", "en"]
+ # url: "http://example.com"
+ #
+ # contact_person:
+ # - given_name: Bob
+ # sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
+ # email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
+ # contact_type": technical
+
+ # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
+ # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
+ #
+ #config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"
+
+ # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
+ # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
+ # The default is 5 minutes.
+ #
+ #saml_session_lifetime: 5m
@@ -1261,6 +1274,12 @@ password_config:
# #registration_template_html: registration.html
# #registration_template_text: registration.txt
#
+# # Templates for validation emails sent by the homeserver when adding an email to
+# # your user account
+# #
+# #add_threepid_template_html: add_threepid.html
+# #add_threepid_template_text: add_threepid.txt
+#
# # Templates for password reset success and failure pages that a user
# # will see after attempting to reset their password
# #
@@ -1272,6 +1291,12 @@ password_config:
# #
# #registration_template_success_html: registration_success.html
# #registration_template_failure_html: registration_failure.html
+#
+# # Templates for success and failure pages that a user will see after attempting
+# # to add an email or phone to their account
+# #
+# #add_threepid_success_html: add_threepid_success.html
+# #add_threepid_failure_html: add_threepid_failure.html
#password_providers:
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