diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7f10a5..a7d525a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Broadly, `startr` does a few things:
 
 This template works with R and RStudio, so you'll need both of those installed. To scaffold a new `startr` project, we recommend using our command-line tool, [`startr-cli`](https://github.com/globeandmail/startr-cli), which will copy down the folder structure, rename some files, configure the project and initialize an empty Git repository.
 
+Using [`startr-cli`](https://github.com/globeandmail/startr-cli), you can scaffold a new project by simply running `create-startr` in your terminal and following the prompts:
+
+![startr-cli interface GIF](http://i.imgur.com/4qtiJar.gif)
+
 Alternatively, you can run:
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/globeandmail/startr.git <your-project-name-here>
diff --git a/config.R b/config.R
index 0dc602f..98d99e5 100644
--- a/config.R
+++ b/config.R
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@ initialize_startr(
   )
 )
 
-# Refer to your source data filenames here
-sample.raw.file <- dir_data_raw('your-filename-here.csv')
+# Refer to your source data filenames here. These can be either references
+# to files in your `data/raw` folder, or paths to files hosted on the web.
+# For example:
+# sample.raw.file <- dir_data_raw('your-filename-here.csv')
+# sample.raw.path <- 'https://github.com/tidyverse/dplyr/raw/master/data-raw/starwars.csv'