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 * `--sort={method}`: How posts should be sorted while fetched. This affects the `$postIndex` variable, and in combination with a `--limit` decides what posts will be included
 
 ## Configuration
-The default configuration aims to be sensible, and the application may be used without any further tweaking. However, a multitude of options are available
+The default configuration aims to be sensible, and the application may be used without any further tweaking. However, a multitude of options make this utility particularly powerful.
 
-To change the configuration, you may edit `config/default.js` directly, or if you wish to preserve the defaults (recommended), create `config/local.json` (JSON) or `config/local.js` (JavaScript). This file only needs to contain the properties you wish to override, but you may wish to copy `config/default.js` to `config/local.js` for convenience.
+To change the configuration, please refer to `config/default.js`. I recommend not editing this file directly, but instead making a copy `config/local.js`. The default configuration can be a useful reference for restoring any detrimental configuration errors, and may be overwritten by updates. The structure of `config/local.js` needs to match that of the default configuration, but does not need to contain any properties you do not wish to override. If preferred, you may instead use JSON in `config/local.json`.
 
 ### Patterns
 Path patterns dictate where and how a file will be saved. Various variables and options are available, and you may use subdirectories divided by `/`.