diff --git a/services/git-bridge/README.md b/services/git-bridge/README.md
index fa8c76f7db..d3a3673f8b 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/README.md
+++ b/services/git-bridge/README.md
@@ -37,11 +37,23 @@ The configuration file is in `.json` format.
         "username" (string, optional): username for http basic auth,
         "password" (string, optional): password for http basic auth,
         "postbackBaseUrl" (string): the postback url,
-        "serviceName" (string): current name of writeLaTeX in case it ever changes
+        "serviceName" (string): current name of writeLaTeX in case it ever changes,
         "oauth2" (object): { /* null or missing if oauth2 shouldn't be used */
-            "oauth2ClientID" (string): oauth2 client ID
-            "oauth2ClientSecret" (string): oauth2 client secret
+            "oauth2ClientID" (string): oauth2 client ID,
+            "oauth2ClientSecret" (string): oauth2 client secret,
             "oauth2Server" (string): oauth2 server, with protocol and without trailing slash
+        },
+        "swapStore" (object, optional): { the place to swap projects to. if null, type defaults to "noop"
+            "type" (string): "s3", "memory", "noop" (not recommended),
+            "awsAccessKey" (string, optional): only for s3,
+            "awsSecret" (string, optional): only for s3,
+            "s3BucketName" (string, optional): only for s3
+        },
+        "swapJob" (object, optional): { configure the project swapping job. if null, defaults to no-op
+            "minProjects" (int64): you will never go below this many projects; if above low watermark, it should WARN,
+            "lowGiB" (int32): the low watermark for swapping, i.e. try to swap until disk usage is below this,
+            "highGiB" (int32): the high watermark for swapping, i.e. start swapping when disk usage becomes this,
+            "intervalMillis" (int64): the repeat time in milliseconds that the swap job will check the watermark. 3600000 is 1 hour. 
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/conf/example_config.json b/services/git-bridge/conf/example_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7f1193811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/conf/example_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "port": 8080,
+    "rootGitDirectory": "/tmp/wlgb",
+    "apiBaseUrl": "https://localhost/api/v0",
+    "username": "user",
+    "password": "pass",
+    "postbackBaseUrl": "https://localhost",
+    "serviceName": "Overleaf",
+    "oauth2": {
+        "oauth2ClientID": "asdf",
+        "oauth2ClientSecret": "asdf",
+        "oauth2Server": "https://localhost"
+    },
+    "swapStore": {
+        "type": "s3",
+        "awsAccessKey": "asdf",
+        "awsSecret": "asdf",
+        "s3BucketName": "com.overleaf.testbucket"
+    },
+    "swapJob": {
+        "minProjects": 50,
+        "lowGiB": 128,
+        "highGiB": 256,
+        "intervalMillis": 3600000
+    }
+}