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@@ -37,9 +37,53 @@ The API ships with several convenience commands (runnable via `npm`):
 ## pelias-config
 The API recognizes the following properties under the top-level `api` key in your `pelias.json` config file:
 
-  * `accessLog`: (*optional*) The name of the format to use for access logs; may be any one of the
+|parameter|required|default|description|
+|---|---|---|---|
+|`host`|*yes*||specifies the url under which the http service is to run|
+|`textAnalyzer`|*no*|*addressit*|can be either `libpostal` or `addressit` however will soon be **deprecated** and only `libpostal` will be supported going forward|
+|`indexName`|*no*|*pelias*|name of the Elasticsearch index to be used when building queries|
+|`legacyUrl`|*no*||the url to redirect to in case the user does not specify a version such as `v1`
+|`relativeScores`|*no*|true|if set to true, confidence scores will be normalized, realistically at this point setting this to false is not tested or desirable
+|`accessLog`|*no*||name of the format to use for access logs; may be any one of the
   [predefined values](https://github.com/expressjs/morgan#predefined-formats) in the `morgan` package. Defaults to
-  `"common"`; if set to `false`, or an otherwise falsy value, disables access-logging entirely.
+  `"common"`; if set to `false`, or an otherwise falsy value, disables access-logging entirely.|
+|`pipService`|*yes*||full url to the pip service to be used for coarse reverse queries. if missing, which is not recommended, the service will default to using nearby lookups instead of point-in-polygon.|
+
+Example configuration file would look something like this:
+
+```
+{
+  "esclient": {
+    "keepAlive": true,
+    "requestTimeout": "1200000",
+    "hosts": [
+      {
+        "protocol": "http",
+        "host": "somesemachine.elb.amazonaws.com",
+        "port": 9200
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "api": {
+    "host": "localhost:3100/v1/",
+    "indexName": "foobar",  
+    "legacyUrl": "pelias.mapzen.com",
+    "relativeScores": true,
+    "textAnalyzer": "libpostal",
+    "pipService": "http://mypipservice.com/3000"
+  },
+  "interpolation": {
+    "client": {
+      "adapter": "http",
+      "host": "internal-pelias-interpolation-dev-130430937.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com"
+    }
+  },
+  "logger": {
+    "level": "debug"
+  }
+}
+```
+
 
 ## Contributing