diff --git a/lua/cosmic/config/config-example.lua b/lua/cosmic/config/examples/config.lua
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rename from lua/cosmic/config/config-example.lua
rename to lua/cosmic/config/examples/config.lua
diff --git a/lua/cosmic/config/editor-example.lua b/lua/cosmic/config/examples/editor.lua
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rename from lua/cosmic/config/editor-example.lua
rename to lua/cosmic/config/examples/editor.lua
diff --git a/lua/cosmic/config/mappings-example.lua b/lua/cosmic/config/examples/mappings.lua
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rename from lua/cosmic/config/mappings-example.lua
rename to lua/cosmic/config/examples/mappings.lua
diff --git a/lua/cosmic/config/plugins-example.lua b/lua/cosmic/config/examples/plugins.lua
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rename from lua/cosmic/config/plugins-example.lua
rename to lua/cosmic/config/examples/plugins.lua
diff --git a/lua/cosmic/config/examples/readme.md b/lua/cosmic/config/examples/readme.md
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+## Configuration
+
+There are four main configuraiton files that you may want to create.
+
+- cosmic/config/config.lua
+- cosmic/config/editor.lua
+- cosmic/config/mappings.lua
+- cosmic/config/plugins.lua
+
+Please look at the examples in this directory in order to get started.
+
+#### Quick Start
+
+```
+# from project root
+cp ./lua/cosmic/config/examples/config.lua ./lua/cosmic/config/config.lua
+cp ./lua/cosmic/config/examples/editor.lua ./lua/cosmic/config/editor.lua
+cp ./lua/cosmic/config/examples/mappings.lua ./lua/cosmic/config/mappings.lua
+cp ./lua/cosmic/config/examples/plugins.lua ./lua/cosmic/config/plugins.lua
+```