diff --git a/Capfile.sample b/Capfile.sample
index 29a37a9a580..814d7d14266 100644
--- a/Capfile.sample
+++ b/Capfile.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# For help deploying via Capistrano, see this thread:
+# http://meta.discourse.org/t/deploy-discourse-to-an-ubuntu-vps-using-capistrano/6353
+
 load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace)
 load 'deploy/assets'
 Dir['vendor/plugins/*/recipes/*.rb'].each { |plugin| load(plugin) }
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb.sample b/config/deploy.rb.sample
index e15bd90e8ef..d157908575f 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb.sample
+++ b/config/deploy.rb.sample
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # One of the recipes (deploy:symlink_nginx) assumes you have an nginx configuration
 # file at config/nginx.conf. You can make this easily from the provided sample
 # nginx configuration file.
+#
+# For help deploying via Capistrano, see this thread:
+# http://meta.discourse.org/t/deploy-discourse-to-an-ubuntu-vps-using-capistrano/6353
 
 require 'bundler/capistrano'
 require 'sidekiq/capistrano'