diff --git a/examples/georss.html b/examples/georss.html
index beec1fcda7..de4c66e549 100644
--- a/examples/georss.html
+++ b/examples/georss.html
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     <form onsubmit="return false;">
    GeoRSS URL: <input type="text" id="url" size="50" /><input type="submit" onclick="addUrl(); return false;" value="Load Feed" onsubmit="addUrl(); return false;" />
     </form>  
+    <p>The above input box allows the input of a URL to a GeoRSS feed. This feed can be local to the HTML page -- for example, entering 'georss.xml' will work by default, because there is a local file in the directory called georss.xml -- or, with a properly set up ProxyHost variable (as is used here), it will be able to load any HTTP URL which contains GeoRSS and display it. Anything else will simply have no effect.</p>    
     <div id="map"></div>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/examples/tms.html b/examples/tms.html
index eef3cd3f90..6215209e14 100644
--- a/examples/tms.html
+++ b/examples/tms.html
@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@
   </head>
   <body onload="init()">
     URL of TMS (Should end in /): <input type="text" id="url" size="60" value="http://labs.metacarta.com/wms-c/Basic.py/" /> layer_name <input type="text" id="layer" value="satellite" /> <select id="type"><option>jpg</option><option>png</option></select> <input type="submit" onclick="addTMS()"/><br />
-    Example: http://labs.metacarta.com/wms-c/Basic.py/, satellite, jpg
+    <p>
+    Example: http://labs.metacarta.com/wms-c/Basic.py/, satellite, jpg<br />
+    The first input must be an HTTP URL pointing to a TMS instance. The second
+    input must be a layer name available from that instance, and the third must
+    be the output format used by that layer. (Any other behavior will result in
+    broken images being displayed.)
+    </p>
     <div id="map"></div>
   </body>
 </html>
