diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 503ac0d4..2a849fd0 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -118,7 +118,15 @@ var config = {
         user: "publicuser",
         password: "public",
         host: '127.0.0.1',
-        port: 5432
+        port: 5432,
+        pool: {
+            // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
+            size: 16,
+            // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
+            idleTimeout: 3000,
+            // frequency to check for idle resources
+            reapInterval: 1000
+        }
     }
     ,mapnik_version: undefined
     ,mapnik_tile_format: 'png8:m=h'
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 0dc6275f..5b1d50b8 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -118,7 +118,15 @@ var config = {
         user: "publicuser",
         password: "public",
         host: '127.0.0.1',
-        port: 5432
+        port: 5432,
+        pool: {
+            // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
+            size: 16,
+            // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
+            idleTimeout: 3000,
+            // frequency to check for idle resources
+            reapInterval: 1000
+        }
     }
     ,mapnik_version: undefined
     ,mapnik_tile_format: 'png8:m=h'
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 67a49e78..805f4ae7 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -118,7 +118,15 @@ var config = {
         user: "publicuser",
         password: "public",
         host: '127.0.0.1',
-        port: 5432
+        port: 5432,
+        pool: {
+            // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
+            size: 16,
+            // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
+            idleTimeout: 3000,
+            // frequency to check for idle resources
+            reapInterval: 1000
+        }
     }
     ,mapnik_version: undefined
     ,mapnik_tile_format: 'png8:m=h'
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index 5619c8ac..f0484a6b 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -119,7 +119,15 @@ var config = {
         user: "test_windshaft_publicuser",
         password: "public",
         host: '127.0.0.1',
-        port: 5432
+        port: 5432,
+        pool: {
+            // maximum number of resources to create at any given time
+            size: 16,
+            // max milliseconds a resource can go unused before it should be destroyed
+            idleTimeout: 3000,
+            // frequency to check for idle resources
+            reapInterval: 1000
+        }
     }
     ,mapnik_version: ''
     ,mapnik_tile_format: 'png8:m=h'