diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8eb872c..98d71b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 header_cache
+user
+aliases
+gal
+mailing_lists
+signature
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9414293..5502128 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Clone this repository into the `~/.mutt/` directory.
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Edit the `~/.mutt/user` file.
+Copy the `~/.mutt/user_example` file to `~/.mutt/user` location, then edit the `user` file.
 
 ```bash
 # User config
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ set my_password="This password is secure"
 set my_lang="fr_FR"
 ```
 
-Don't forget your `~/.mutt/signature` file.
+Don't forget your `~/.mutt/signature` file. Copy `signature`, `aliases`, and `mailing_lists` from the examples just like you did for `user`.
 Contacts and mailing-lists are stored in `~/.mutt/aliases` and `~/.mutt/mailing_lists`.
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/aliases b/aliases_example
similarity index 100%
rename from aliases
rename to aliases_example
diff --git a/gal b/gal_example
similarity index 100%
rename from gal
rename to gal_example
diff --git a/mailing_lists b/mailing_lists_example
similarity index 100%
rename from mailing_lists
rename to mailing_lists_example
diff --git a/signature b/signature_example
similarity index 100%
rename from signature
rename to signature_example
diff --git a/user b/user_example
similarity index 100%
rename from user
rename to user_example