diff --git a/doc/server-config.md b/doc/server-config.md
index eea1b169e..9c354e5f3 100644
--- a/doc/server-config.md
+++ b/doc/server-config.md
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ same as the order they are listed above.
 Others aren't yet supported by the simple config mode. Patches to
 [pkg/serverinit](https://camlistore.org/pkg/serverinit/genconfig.go) welcome.
 
+Examples for [configuring storage backends](/doc/storage-examples.md)
 
 ## Indexing options {#indexing}
 
diff --git a/doc/storage-examples.md b/doc/storage-examples.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96c34aa3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/storage-examples.md
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Storage
+
+## S3
+
+[Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) is a high-durability key-value store.
+
+To use S3 with camlistore, you need to:
+
+* Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account
+* Sign into the AWS console, navigate to 'S3'
+* Create an S3 bucket for your camlistore backups (camlistore will not work if you put other files in this bucket)
+* Configure your camlistore server to sync blobs to the S3 bucket
+
+It is advisable to use a dedicated key/secret for camlistore:
+
+* Sign into the AWS console, navigate to 'Identity & Access Management' and click 'Users'
+* Click 'Create new users' and create a user for camlistore (keep 'Generate an access key' checked)
+* Click 'Show User Security Credentials' to get the users Access key and Secret key - these will be required to configure camlistore and can't be obtained after you leave this screen.
+* Go back to the user list and select the new user, and on the 'permissions' tab add the following 'inline policy' (replacing YOUR_BUCKET_NAME with the name of the bucket you created)
+
+```
+{
+    "Version": "2012-10-17",
+    "Statement": [
+        {
+            "Resource": [
+                "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_BUCKET_NAME/*"
+            ],
+            "Sid": "Stmt1464826210000",
+            "Effect": "Allow",
+            "Action": [
+                "s3:DeleteObject",
+                "s3:GetBucketLocation",
+                "s3:GetObject",
+                "s3:ListBucket",
+                "s3:PutObject"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+Finally, add the s3 config line to your camlistore `server-config.json`:
+```
+s3: "ACCESS_KEY:SECRET_KEY:YOUR_BUCKET_NAME"
+```