diff --git a/settings.conf b/settings.conf
index fc857f702..3fd3c6a1c 100644
--- a/settings.conf
+++ b/settings.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ---
 # Modules can be job modules (with different interfaces) and QtWidgets view modules.
 # They could all be placed in a number of different paths.
+# "local" is LIBDIR/calamares/modules with settings in SHARE/calamares/modules
 modules-search: [ local, /path/to/dir/with/more/modules ]
 
 # We define the module names in the order they should show up (QtWidget view modules,
@@ -52,3 +53,12 @@ install:
 # Jobs should be executed sparingly (if at all) in this phase.
 postinstall: #TODO: actually use this
 - finished
+
+
+# A branding component is a directory, either in SHARE/calamares/branding or in
+# /etc/calamares/branding (the latter takes precedence). The directory must contain a
+# YAML file branding.desc which may reference additional resources (such as images) as
+# paths relative to the current directory.
+# Only the name of the branding component (directory) should be specified here, Calamares
+# then takes care of finding it and loading the contents.
+branding: default
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