diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad5cdc7..f96ee1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,11 +36,17 @@ pip install ckit
 
 To get started, run
 
-```shell
+```bash
 ckit init
 ```
 
-which will prompt to add a `ckit/ckit.yaml` file in the user's home directory for global commands, and/or a `ckit.yaml` file in the current directory for commands specific to the current project. 
+which will prompt to add a `ckit/ckit.yaml` file in the user's home directory for global commands, and/or a `ckit.yaml` file in the current directory for commands specific to the current project.  Alternatively, run
+
+```bash
+ckit init --download-global-defaults
+```
+
+to get started with a richer set of examples in the global configuration directory, see [ckit-files](https://github.com/fpgmaas/ckit-files/).
 
 To use _ckit_ to run any of the pre-configured commands, simply run
 
@@ -48,8 +54,6 @@ To use _ckit_ to run any of the pre-configured commands, simply run
 ckit
 ```
 
-For more information, see the [documentation](https://fpgmaas.github.io/ckit/).
-
 ## Configuration
 
 _ckit_ can look for configuration in the following two locations:
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 94ed7c1..27c4c5d 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ To get started, run
 ckit init
 ```
 
-which will prompt to add a `ckit/ckit.yaml` file in the user's home directory (or the directory specified by the environment variable `CKIT_HOME`) for global commands, and/or a `ckit.yaml` file in the current directory for commands specific to the current project. 
+which will prompt to add a `ckit/ckit.yaml` file in the user's home directory for global commands, and/or a `ckit.yaml` file in the current directory for commands specific to the current project.  Alternatively, run
+
+```bash
+ckit init --download-global-defaults
+```
+
+to get started with a richer set of examples in the global configuration directory, see [ckit-files](https://github.com/fpgmaas/ckit-files/).
 
 To use _ckit_ to run any of the pre-configured commands, simply run