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diff --git a/config/example-extras.cfg b/config/example-extras.cfg
index 36e6beb7..9c815813 100644
--- a/config/example-extras.cfg
+++ b/config/example-extras.cfg
@@ -389,7 +389,9 @@
######################################################################
# G-Code macros (one may define any number of sections with a
-# "gcode_macro" prefix).
+# "gcode_macro" prefix). If G-Code macro names contain any numbers
+# they must all be at the end of the macro's name.
+# (example: test_macro25 is acceptable, but macro25_test3 is not).
#[gcode_macro my_cmd]
#gcode:
# A list of G-Code commands to execute in place of "my_cmd". See
@@ -409,9 +411,13 @@
# One may specify any number of options with a "variable_" prefix.
# The given variable name will be assigned the given value (parsed
# as a Python literal) and will be available during macro expansion.
-# For example, a config with "variable_fan_speed = 75" might have
-# gcode commands containing "M106 S{ fan_speed * 255 }". Variables
-# can be changed at run-time using the SET_GCODE_VARIABLE command.
+# For example, a macro called set_fan with
+# "variable_fan_speed = 75" might have gcode commands containing
+# "M106 S{ fan_speed * 255 }". Variables can be changed at run-time
+# using the SET_GCODE_VARIABLE command from within any G-Code Macro.
+# Example, from a macro called my_macro2 I could state:
+# "SET_GCODE_VARIABLE MACRO=set_fan VARIABLE=fan_speed VALUE=50"
+# Variable names may not use upper case characters.
# Execute a gcode on a set delay.
#[delayed_gcode my_delayed_gcode]