diff --git a/configs/voicemail.conf.sample b/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
index a78bb0605735fb995c9f8c5d234e54aec5688345..f6e59dd6727f275620ccadc6add6a3daae514a39 100644
--- a/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ maxlogins=3
 ;fromstring=The Asterisk PBX
 ; Permit finding entries for forward/compose from the directory
 ;usedirectory=yes
+; Voicemail can be stored in a database using the ODBC driver.
+; The value of odbcstorage is the database connection configured
+; in res_odbc.conf.
+;odbcstorage=asterisk
+; The default table for ODBC voicemail storage is voicemessages.
+;odbctable=voicemessages
 ;
 ; Change the from, body and/or subject, variables:
 ;     VM_NAME, VM_DUR, VM_MSGNUM, VM_MAILBOX, VM_CALLERID, VM_CIDNUM,