diff --git a/pycaosdb.ini.template b/pycaosdb.ini.template
index 8f1d9d40f7af1fc0d2a515fbde6138c9b63e618d..c25368959342f2f93e7e140b0cddfbe42522c4fa 100644
--- a/pycaosdb.ini.template
+++ b/pycaosdb.ini.template
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # -*- mode:conf; -*-
 ## This sections needs to exist in addition to the usual section
 [IntegrationTests]
+## These are used by tests of server side scripting. Both paths have
+## to point to existing directories in which the CaosDB server has the
+## permissions to create and execute scripts.
 test_server_side_scripting.bin_dir=/scripting-bin/
+test_server_side_scripting.home_dir=/scripting-home/
 
-# location of the files from the pyinttest perspective
+## Used by tests of file handling. Specify the path to an existing
+## directory in which file tests are performed, once as seen by the
+## host and once as seen by the server.
+# location of the files from the pyinttest (i.e. host) perspective
 test_files.test_insert_files_in_dir.local=/extroot/test_insert_files_in_dir/
 # location of the files from the caosdb_servers perspective
 test_files.test_insert_files_in_dir.server=/opt/caosdb/mnt/extroot/test_insert_files_in_dir/
@@ -13,7 +20,8 @@ test_files.test_insert_files_in_dir.server=/opt/caosdb/mnt/extroot/test_insert_f
 [Connection]
 #url=https://caosdb-server:10443/
 #username=admin
-#cacert=/cert/caosdb.cert.pem
+## Provide SSL certificate used by the CaosDB server for all tests to
+## run.
 #cacert=/etc/ssl/cert.pem
 #debug=0