--- a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
@@ -266,10 +266,18 @@
# Language definitions to use when creating the aspell dictionary.
# The value must match a set of aspell language definition files.
-# You can type "aspell config" to see where these are installed.
+# You can type "aspell dicts" to see a list
# The default if this is not set is to use the NLS environment to guess the
# value
# aspellLanguage = en
+
+# Somme aspell packages may need an additional option (e.g. on Debian
+# Jessie). See Debian bug 772415
+# aspellAddCreateParam = --local-data-dir=/usr/lib/aspell
+
+# You may also want to set this to have a look at aspell dictionary
+# creation errors. But there are always many, so this is mostly for debugging
+# aspellKeepStderr = 1
# Disabling aspell use. The aspell dictionary generation takes some time,
# and some combinations of aspell version, language, and local terms,