--- a/doc/mpdconf.example
+++ b/doc/mpdconf.example
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 # be disabled and audio files will only be accepted over ipc socket (using
 # file:// protocol) or streaming files over an accepted protocol.
 #
-#music_directory		"~/music"
+music_directory "/var/lib/mpd/music"
 #
 # This setting sets the MPD internal playlist directory. The purpose of this
 # directory is storage for playlists created by MPD. The server will use
 # playlist files not created by the server but only if they are in the MPD
 # format. This setting defaults to playlist saving being disabled.
 #
-#playlist_directory		"~/.mpd/playlists"
+playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
 #
 # This setting sets the location of the MPD database. This file is used to
 # load the database at server start up and store the database while the
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # MPD to accept files over ipc socket (using file:// protocol) or streaming
 # files over an accepted protocol.
 #
-#db_file			"~/.mpd/database"
+db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
 
 # These settings are the locations for the daemon log files for the daemon.
 #
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # If you use systemd, do not configure a log_file.  With systemd, MPD
 # defaults to the systemd journal, which is fine.
 #
-#log_file			"~/.mpd/log"
+log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
 
 # This setting sets the location of the file which stores the process ID
 # for use of mpd --kill and some init scripts. This setting is disabled by
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # it was brought down. This setting is disabled by default and the server
 # state will be reset on server start up.
 #
-#state_file			"~/.mpd/state"
+state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
 #
 # The location of the sticker database.  This is a database which
 # manages dynamic information attached to songs.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 # initialization. This setting is disabled by default and MPD is run as the
 # current user.
 #
-#user				"nobody"
+user "mpd"
 #
 # This setting specifies the group that MPD will run as. If not specified
 # primary group of user specified with "user" setting will be used (if set).
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 #bind_to_address		"any"
 #
 # And for Unix Socket
-#bind_to_address		"~/.mpd/socket"
+#bind_to_address		"/run/mpd/socket"
 #
 # This setting is the TCP port that is desired for the daemon to get assigned
 # to.
@@ -287,13 +287,13 @@
 #
 # An example of a pulseaudio output (streaming to a remote pulseaudio server)
 #
-#audio_output {
-#	type		"pulse"
-#	name		"My Pulse Output"
+audio_output {
+	type		"pulse"
+	name		"My Pulse Output"
 ##	server		"remote_server"		# optional
 ##	sink		"remote_server_sink"	# optional
 ##	media_role	"media_role"		#optional
-#}
+}
 #
 # An example of a winmm output (Windows multimedia API).
 #
@@ -413,6 +413,6 @@
 # If file or directory names do not display correctly for your locale then you
 # may need to modify this setting.
 #
-#filesystem_charset		"UTF-8"
-#
-###############################################################################
+filesystem_charset		"UTF-8"
+#
+###############################################################################