diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index 337963f..94f06e4 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified by {uid} on {host}
 # to disable these warnings, set the following value to False:
 #deprecation_warnings = True
 
+# (as of 1.8), Ansible can optionally warn when usage of the shell and
+# command module appear to be simplified by using a default Ansible module
+# instead.  These warnings can be silenced by adjusting the following
+# setting or adding warn=yes or warn=no to the end of the command line 
+# parameter string.  This will for example suggest using the git module
+# instead of shelling out to the git command.
+# command_warnings = False
+
+
 # set plugin path directories here, separate with colons
 action_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/action_plugins
 callback_plugins   = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins
@@ -110,6 +119,12 @@ lookup_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/lookup_plugins
 vars_plugins       = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/vars_plugins
 filter_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins
 
+# by default callbacks are not loaded for /bin/ansible, enable this if you
+# want, for example, a notification or logging callback to also apply to 
+# /bin/ansible runs
+#bin_ansible_callbacks = False
+
+
 # don't like cows?  that's unfortunate.
 # set to 1 if you don't want cowsay support or export ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1
 #nocows = 1
@@ -132,6 +147,13 @@ filter_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins
 # avoid issues.
 #http_user_agent = ansible-agent
 
+# if set to a persistant type (not 'memory', for example 'redis') fact values
+# from previous runs in Ansible will be stored.  This may be useful when
+# wanting to use, for example, IP information from one group of servers
+# without having to talk to them in the same playbook run to get their
+# current IP information.
+fact_caching = memory
+
 [paramiko_connection]
 
 # uncomment this line to cause the paramiko connection plugin to not record new host