diff --git a/initializers/groups.yml b/initializers/groups.yml
index 67a9290..b91ef39 100644
--- a/initializers/groups.yml
+++ b/initializers/groups.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## To list all permissions, run:
+## 
+## docker-compose run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash netbox
+## $ ./manage.py migrate
+## $ ./manage.py shell
+## > from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
+## > print('\n'.join([p.codename for p in Permission.objects.all()]))
+##
+## Permission lists support wildcards. See the examples below.
+##
+## Examples:
+
 # applications:
 #   users:
 #   - technical_user
@@ -7,16 +19,17 @@
 # writers:
 #   users:
 #   - writer
-## specify explicit permission codenames or include wildcard to match multiple permissions
 #   permissions:
 #   - delete_device
 #   - delete_virtualmachine
 #   - add_*
 #   - change_*
 # vm_managers:
-## yaml doesn't allow starting a key with an asterisk without explicit use of single quote
+#   permissions:
 #   - '*_virtualmachine'
 # device_managers:
+#   permissions:
 #   - '*device*'
 # creators:
+#   permissions:
 #   - add_*
diff --git a/initializers/users.yml b/initializers/users.yml
index ad654b7..2aea62e 100644
--- a/initializers/users.yml
+++ b/initializers/users.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
+## To list all permissions, run:
+## 
+## docker-compose run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash netbox
+## $ ./manage.py migrate
+## $ ./manage.py shell
+## > from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
+## > print('\n'.join([p.codename for p in Permission.objects.all()]))
+##
+## Permission lists support wildcards. See the examples below.
+##
+## Examples:
+
 # technical_user:
 #   api_token: 0123456789technicaluser789abcdef01234567 # must be looooong!
 # reader:
 #   password: reader
 # writer:
 #   password: writer
-## specify explicit permission codenames or include wildcard to match multiple permissions
 #   permissions:
 #   - delete_device
 #   - delete_virtualmachine