diff --git a/extra/example.conf b/extra/example.conf
index 67cf9bc..2ab7b91 100644
--- a/extra/example.conf
+++ b/extra/example.conf
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ ROOT_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
 # as any parent directories automatically created with object uploads.
 #VGW_DIR_PERMS=0755
 
+# The default behavior of the gateway is to automatically set the noarchive
+# flag on the multipart upload parts while the multipart upload is in progress.
+# This is to prevent the parts from being archived since they are temporary
+# and will be deleted after the multipart upload is completed or aborted. The
+# VGW_DISABLE_NOARCHIVE option can be set to true to disable this behavior.
+#VGW_DISABLE_NOARCHIVE=false
+
 ######
 # s3 #
 ######