diff --git a/docs/Config_Reference.md b/docs/Config_Reference.md
index 1d3ce221..2f1a8fa3 100644
--- a/docs/Config_Reference.md
+++ b/docs/Config_Reference.md
@@ -3123,6 +3123,12 @@ groups. The display will show all the data items for a given group if
 the display_group option in the [display] section is set to the given
 group name.
 
+A
+[default set of display groups](../klippy/extras/display/display.cfg)
+are automatically created. One can replace or extend these
+display_data items by overriding the defaults in the main printer.cfg
+config file.
+
 ```
 [display_data my_group_name my_data_name]
 position:
@@ -3206,6 +3212,12 @@ thus they do not support the "menu" options or button configuration.
 
 ## [menu]
 
+Customizable lcd display menus.
+
+A [default set of menus](../klippy/extras/display/menu.cfg) are
+automatically created. One can replace or extend the menu by
+overriding the defaults in the main printer.cfg config file.
+
 Available options in menu Jinja2 template context:
 
 Read-only attributes for menu element:
diff --git a/klippy/extras/display/display.cfg b/klippy/extras/display/display.cfg
index a6377914..042c3272 100644
--- a/klippy/extras/display/display.cfg
+++ b/klippy/extras/display/display.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # This file defines the default layout of the printer's lcd display.
 
+# It is not necessary to edit this file to change the display.
+# Instead, one may override any of the sections defined here by
+# defining a section with the same name in the main printer.cfg config
+# file.
+
 
 ######################################################################
 # Helper macros for showing common screen values
diff --git a/klippy/extras/display/menu.cfg b/klippy/extras/display/menu.cfg
index 77009a1d..f107b829 100644
--- a/klippy/extras/display/menu.cfg
+++ b/klippy/extras/display/menu.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-# This file serves as default menu structure.
-# See the "example-menu.cfg" file for description of common config parameters.
+# This file defines the default layout of the printer's menu.
+
+# It is not necessary to edit this file to change the menu. Instead,
+# one may override any of the sections defined here by defining a
+# section with the same name in the main printer.cfg config file.
 
 ### DEFAULT MENU ###
 # Main