diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index bb66f9ae..2d223ba7 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const VERSION_MESSAGE: &str = "Show the version and exit";
     group = ArgGroup::with_name("git-reference")
 )]
 struct Add {
-    /// A name for this plugin.
+    /// A unique name for this plugin.
     #[structopt(value_name = "NAME")]
     name: String,
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ enum RawCommand {
     /// Remove a plugin from the config file.
     #[structopt(help_message = HELP_MESSAGE)]
     Remove {
-        /// A name for this plugin.
+        /// A unique name for this plugin.
         #[structopt(value_name = "NAME")]
         name: String,
     },
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ OPTIONS:
         --apply <TEMPLATE>...    Templates to apply to this plugin
 
 ARGS:
-    <NAME>    A name for this plugin",
+    <NAME>    A unique name for this plugin",
                 name = crate_name!(),
                 version = crate_version!()
             )
diff --git a/src/edit.rs b/src/edit.rs
index c101801d..14dd6260 100644
--- a/src/edit.rs
+++ b/src/edit.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub struct Plugin {
 }
 
 /// An editable config.
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
     /// The parsed TOML version of the config.
     doc: toml_edit::Document,
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ impl From<RawPlugin> for Plugin {
     }
 }
 
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::from_str(include_str!("plugins.toml")).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for Config {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "{}", self.doc)
@@ -57,10 +63,10 @@ impl Config {
 
     /// Add a new plugin.
     pub fn add(&mut self, name: &str, plugin: Plugin) -> Result<()> {
-        let content =
+        let contents =
             toml::to_string_pretty(&plugin.inner).expect("failed to serialize plugin as TOML");
 
-        let mini = content
+        let mini = contents
             .parse::<toml_edit::Document>()
             .expect("failed to parse valid TOML");
 
diff --git a/src/editor.rs b/src/editor.rs
index 4dce4cfa..ab7ce165 100644
--- a/src/editor.rs
+++ b/src/editor.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl Child {
             let contents =
                 fs::read_to_string(&file.path).context("failed to read from temporary file")?;
             if contents == original_contents {
-                bail!("Aborted editing!");
+                bail!("aborted editing!");
             } else {
                 edit::Config::from_str(&contents)
                     .context("edited config is invalid, not updating config file")
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9b2afbe5..9997e8c3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 /// The main application.
 #[derive(Debug)]
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct Sheldon;
 
 impl Sheldon {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ impl Sheldon {
                 "Initialize new config file `{}`?",
                 &ctx.replace_home(path).display()
             )) {
-                bail!("Aborted initialization!");
+                bail!("aborted initialization!");
             };
             if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
                 fs::create_dir_all(parent).with_context(s!(
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ impl Sheldon {
             }
             Err(err) => {
                 let config = Self::init_config(ctx, path, err)?;
+                config.to_path(path)?;
+                header!(ctx, "Initialized", path);
                 config.to_string()
             }
         };
diff --git a/src/plugins.toml b/src/plugins.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c764a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# `sheldon` configuration file
+# ----------------------------
+#
+# You can modify this file directly or you can use one of the following
+# `sheldon` commands which are provided to assist in editing the config file:
+#
+# - `sheldon add` to add a new plugin to the config file
+# - `sheldon edit` to open up the config file in the default editor
+# - `sheldon remove` to remove a plugin from the config file
+#
+# See the documentation for more https://github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon#readme
+
+[plugins]
+
+# For example:
+#
+# [plugins.pure]
+# github = "sindresorhus/pure"