diff --git a/conf-tmpl/inter_athena.conf b/conf-tmpl/inter_athena.conf
index f3fc90d500..9d6040107e 100644
--- a/conf-tmpl/inter_athena.conf
+++ b/conf-tmpl/inter_athena.conf
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ read_gm_interval: 10
 
 // SQL version options only
 
+// Ideally under linux, you want to use localhost instead of 127.0.0.1. 
+// 
+// Under windows, you want to use 127.0.0.1.  If you see a message like
+// "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)"
+// and you have localhost, switch it to 127.0.0.1
+
 // MySQL Login SQL Server
 login_server_ip: 127.0.0.1
 login_server_port: 3306
@@ -127,4 +133,4 @@ use_sql_db: no
 // Log Inter Connections, etc.?
 log_inter: 1
 
-import: conf/import/inter_conf.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+import: conf/import/inter_conf.txt