diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index ae52dda6..7dda7f65 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Upcoming (TBD)
 ==============
 
+Documentation
+---------
+* Give example for ANSI prompt colors in `~/.myclirc`.
+
+
 Internal
 ---------
 * Remove unused fixture data.
diff --git a/mycli/myclirc b/mycli/myclirc
index 3aa35189..61d027bb 100644
--- a/mycli/myclirc
+++ b/mycli/myclirc
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ wider_completion_menu = False
 # * \n - a newline
 # * \_ - a space
 # * \\ - a literal backslash
-# * \x1b[...m - an ANSI escape sequence (can style with color)
+# * \x1b[...m - an ANSI escape sequence (can style with color or attributes)
+#   ANSI color example: prompt = '\x1b[31mroot\x1b[0m@localhost:\d> '
 prompt = '\t \u@\h:\d> '
 prompt_continuation = '->'
 
diff --git a/test/myclirc b/test/myclirc
index 811c51d2..15fb4547 100644
--- a/test/myclirc
+++ b/test/myclirc
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ wider_completion_menu = False
 # * \n - a newline
 # * \_ - a space
 # * \\ - a literal backslash
-# * \x1b[...m - an ANSI escape sequence (can style with color)
+# * \x1b[...m - an ANSI escape sequence (can style with color or attributes)
+#   ANSI color example: prompt = '\x1b[31mroot\x1b[0m@localhost:\d> '
 prompt = "\t \u@\h:\d> "
 prompt_continuation = ->