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diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index a2e815ea52..ea73306fb9 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -1065,10 +1065,8 @@ password_config:
 
 
 
-# Enable sending emails for notification events or expiry notices
-# Defining a custom URL for Riot is only needed if email notifications
-# should contain links to a self-hosted installation of Riot; when set
-# the "app_name" setting is ignored.
+# Enable sending emails for password resets, notification events or
+# account expiry notices
 #
 # If your SMTP server requires authentication, the optional smtp_user &
 # smtp_pass variables should be used
@@ -1076,22 +1074,64 @@ password_config:
 #email:
 #   enable_notifs: false
 #   smtp_host: "localhost"
-#   smtp_port: 25
+#   smtp_port: 25 # SSL: 465, STARTTLS: 587
 #   smtp_user: "exampleusername"
 #   smtp_pass: "examplepassword"
 #   require_transport_security: False
 #   notif_from: "Your Friendly %(app)s Home Server <noreply@example.com>"
 #   app_name: Matrix
-#   # if template_dir is unset, uses the example templates that are part of
-#   # the Synapse distribution.
+#
+#   # Enable email notifications by default
+#   notif_for_new_users: True
+#
+#   # Defining a custom URL for Riot is only needed if email notifications
+#   # should contain links to a self-hosted installation of Riot; when set
+#   # the "app_name" setting is ignored
+#   riot_base_url: "http://localhost/riot"
+#
+#   # Enable sending password reset emails via the configured, trusted
+#   # identity servers
+#   #
+#   # IMPORTANT! This will give a malicious or overtaken identity server
+#   # the ability to reset passwords for your users! Make absolutely sure
+#   # that you want to do this! It is strongly recommended that password
+#   # reset emails be sent by the homeserver instead
+#   #
+#   # If this option is set to false and SMTP options have not been
+#   # configured, resetting user passwords via email will be disabled
+#   #trust_identity_server_for_password_resets: false
+#
+#   # Configure the time that a validation email or text message code
+#   # will expire after sending
+#   #
+#   # This is currently used for password resets
+#   #validation_token_lifetime: 1h
+#
+#   # Template directory. All template files should be stored within this
+#   # directory
+#   #
 #   #template_dir: res/templates
+#
+#   # Templates for email notifications
+#   #
 #   notif_template_html: notif_mail.html
 #   notif_template_text: notif_mail.txt
-#   # Templates for account expiry notices.
+#
+#   # Templates for account expiry notices
+#   #
 #   expiry_template_html: notice_expiry.html
 #   expiry_template_text: notice_expiry.txt
-#   notif_for_new_users: True
-#   riot_base_url: "http://localhost/riot"
+#
+#   # Templates for password reset emails sent by the homeserver
+#   #
+#   #password_reset_template_html: password_reset.html
+#   #password_reset_template_text: password_reset.txt
+#
+#   # Templates for password reset success and failure pages that a user
+#   # will see after attempting to reset their password
+#   #
+#   #password_reset_template_success_html: password_reset_success.html
+#   #password_reset_template_failure_html: password_reset_failure.html
 
 
 #password_providers: