diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 745e238f04..b05bd09f86 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ network load balancing to OpenStack.
 
 See :doc:`reference/introduction` for an overview of Octavia.
 
+For information on what is new see the `Octavia Release Notes <https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/octavia/>`_.
+
 To align with the overall OpenStack documentation, the Octavia documentation
 is grouped into the following topic areas.
 
diff --git a/etc/octavia.conf b/etc/octavia.conf
index ea950d3b83..d080745ad1 100644
--- a/etc/octavia.conf
+++ b/etc/octavia.conf
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
 # allow_ping_health_monitors = True
 
 # Dictionary of enabled provider driver names and descriptions
-# enabled_provider_drivers = {'amphora': 'The Octavia Amphora driver.',
-#                             'octavia': 'Deprecated alias of the Octavia '
-#                                        'Amphora driver.'}
+# A comma separated list of dictionaries of the enabled provider driver names
+# and descriptions.
+# enabled_provider_drivers = amphora:The Octavia Amphora driver.,octavia: \
+#                            Deprecated alias of the Octavia Amphora driver.
 
 # Default provider driver
 # default_provider_driver = amphora
diff --git a/octavia/common/config.py b/octavia/common/config.py
index a0efa3223e..540b3396c2 100644
--- a/octavia/common/config.py
+++ b/octavia/common/config.py
@@ -80,12 +80,13 @@ api_opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('allow_ping_health_monitors', default=True,
                 help=_("Allow users to create PING type Health Monitors?")),
     cfg.DictOpt('enabled_provider_drivers',
-                help=_('List of enabled provider drivers and description '
-                       'dictionaries. Must match the driver name in the '
+                help=_('A comma separated list of dictionaries of the '
+                       'enabled provider driver names and descriptions. '
+                       'Must match the driver name in the '
                        'octavia.api.drivers entrypoint. Example: '
-                       '{\'amphora\': \'The Octavia Amphora driver.\', '
-                       '\'octavia\': \'Deprecated alias of the Octavia '
-                       'Amphora driver.\'}'),
+                       'amphora:The Octavia Amphora driver.,'
+                       'octavia:Deprecated alias of the Octavia '
+                       'Amphora driver.'),
                 default={'amphora': 'The Octavia Amphora driver.',
                          'octavia': 'Deprecated alias of the Octavia Amphora '
                          'driver.'}),