diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 250f6a6b3292ff7a36477ca15007e367bfe79829..fad0f097d9bebe5fd05cfecf9e873975cd4dfbd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ You can then either rebuild the Docker image via `docker compose build` or mount
 - ./workflows/ocrd_workflows:/app/workflows/ocrd_workflows
 ```
 
-and spin up a new run with `docker compose up`.
+in the `volumes` section and spin up a new run with `docker compose up`.
 
 ### Removing OCR-D Workflows
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 033ecd221f8d9b7ec23f557c13e5c3796a902a5a..21b37d5d5ef6ec0f2cc52a8b36d680199fc87470 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     working_dir: /app
     volumes:
-      - ./models:/usr/local/share/ocrd-resources/
-      - ./data:/app/data
-      - ./workflows:/app/workflows
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+      - ./data:/app/data # this will write the results to your host system
+      # mount your modules, custom workflows and data here
+      # - /path/to/models/on/host:/usr/local/share/ocrd-resources/
+      # - ./workflows/ocrd_workflows:/app/workflows/ocrd_workflows
+      # - TODO/custom/data
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