diff --git a/cmd/helm/create.go b/cmd/helm/create.go
index c982f0a40..be8cd40a9 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/create.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/create.go
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ For example, 'helm create foo' will create a directory structure that looks
 something like this:
 
 	foo/
-	  |- Chart.yaml
+	  |- Chart.yaml    # Information about your chart
 	  |
-	  |- values.toml
+	  |- values.toml   # The default values for your templates
 	  |
-	  |- templates/
+	  |- charts/       # Charts that this chart depends on
+	  |
+	  |- templates/    # The template files
 
 'helm create' takes a path for an argument. If directories in the given path
 do not exist, Helm will attempt to create them as it goes. If the given
diff --git a/pkg/chart/chart.go b/pkg/chart/chart.go
index 55a08fe61..964f8490b 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/chart.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/chart.go
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ const (
 	preCharts    string = "charts/"
 )
 
+const defaultValues = `# Default values for %s.
+# This is a TOML-formatted file. https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
+# Declare name/value pairs to be passed into your templates.
+# name = "value"
+`
+
 var headerBytes = []byte("+aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS96OVV6MWljandyTQo=")
 
 // Chart represents a complete chart.
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@ func Create(chartfile *Chartfile, dir string) (*Chart, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	val := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("# Default Values for %s\n", chartfile.Name))
+	val := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(defaultValues, chartfile.Name))
 	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cdir, preValues), val, 0644); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}