diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 1102b6b2..fafb283f 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ var config = {
             elapsedThreshold: 25 // the threshold to determine an slow acquire must be reported or not
         },
         emitter: {
-            statusInterval: 5000 // the time in millisecond between each status report is emitted from the pool
+            statusInterval: 5000 // time, in ms, between each status report is emitted from the pool, status is sent to statsd
         }
     }
     ,sqlapi: {
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 49ece937..c4fb2707 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var config = {
             elapsedThreshold: 25 // the threshold to determine an slow acquire must be reported or not
         },
         emitter: {
-            statusInterval: 5000 // the time in millisecond between each status report is emitted from the pool
+            statusInterval: 5000 // time, in ms, between each status report is emitted from the pool, status is sent to statsd
         }
     }
     ,sqlapi: {
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index a20cbf98..d0e93555 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var config = {
             elapsedThreshold: 25 // the threshold to determine an slow acquire must be reported or not
         },
         emitter: {
-            statusInterval: 5000 // the time in millisecond between each status report is emitted from the pool
+            statusInterval: 5000 // time, in ms, between each status report is emitted from the pool, status is sent to statsd
         }
     }
     ,sqlapi: {
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index e0c4ae7b..b2ea2736 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var config = {
             elapsedThreshold: 25 // the threshold to determine an slow acquire must be reported or not
         },
         emitter: {
-            statusInterval: 5000 // the time in millisecond between each status report is emitted from the pool
+            statusInterval: 5000 // time, in ms, between each status report is emitted from the pool, status is sent to statsd
         }
     }
     ,sqlapi: {