diff --git a/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample b/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample
index ab9f2537d..de342bd37 100644
--- a/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample
@@ -2641,6 +2641,32 @@
 # value)
 #memcache_secret_key=<None>
 
+# (optional) number of seconds memcached server is considered
+# dead before it is tried again. (integer value)
+#memcache_pool_dead_retry=300
+
+# (optional) max total number of open connections to every
+# memcached server. (integer value)
+#memcache_pool_maxsize=10
+
+# (optional) socket timeout in seconds for communicating with
+# a memcache server. (integer value)
+#memcache_pool_socket_timeout=3
+
+# (optional) number of seconds a connection to memcached is
+# held unused in the pool before it is closed. (integer value)
+#memcache_pool_unused_timeout=60
+
+# (optional) number of seconds that an operation will wait to
+# get a memcache client connection from the pool. (integer
+# value)
+#memcache_pool_conn_get_timeout=10
+
+# (optional) use the advanced (eventlet safe) memcache client
+# pool. The advanced pool will only work under python 2.x.
+# (boolean value)
+#memcache_use_advanced_pool=false
+
 # (optional) indicate whether to set the X-Service-Catalog
 # header. If False, middleware will not ask for service
 # catalog on token validation and will not set the X-Service-