diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 8ca50533a..9a5591bf5 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ DEFAULT_SNMP_PROTOCOL=
 #########################
 # Kafka and Confluent Cloud Properties
 
-# The IP address of Docker host machine which can be found by running "ifconfig"
+# The type of Kafka broker to connect to. If set to "CONFLUENT", the broker will be Confluent Cloud. Otherwise, it will be a local Kafka broker.
 KAFKA_TYPE=
 
-# Confluent Cloud API access credentials
+# Confluent Cloud API access credentials (only required if KAFKA_TYPE is set to "CONFLUENT")
 CONFLUENT_KEY=
 CONFLUENT_SECRET=