diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index eedd9539..7cc480c6 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -223,9 +223,13 @@ https_only: false
 
 ##
 ## Configuration for using a HTTP proxy
-##
 ## If unset, then no HTTP proxy will be used.
+## Proxy type supported: HTTP, HTTPS
 ## 
+## This is not used for loading the video streams from YouTube servers (circumvent YouTube restrictions)
+## Please instead configure the proxy in Invidious companion:
+## https://github.com/iv-org/invidious-companion/blob/master/config/config.example.toml
+##
 #http_proxy:
 #  user:
 #  password: