sites/example.services.local.yml |  6 ++----
 sites/example.settings.local.php | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sites/example.services.local.yml b/sites/example.services.local.yml
index efd059f..cc21211 100644
--- a/sites/example.services.local.yml
+++ b/sites/example.services.local.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 # Local development services.
 #
-# To activate this feature, copy and rename it such that its path plus
-# filename is 'sites/yoursite.com/services.local.yml'. Then, go to the bottom
-# of 'sites/yoursite.com/settings.local.yml' and uncomment the commented lines
-# that mention 'services.local.yml'.
+# To activate this feature, follow the instructions at the top of the
+# 'example.settings.local.php' file, which sits next to this file.
 services:
   cache.backend.memory:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\MemoryBackendFactory
diff --git a/sites/example.settings.local.php b/sites/example.settings.local.php
index 1779ffd..a2971bf 100644
--- a/sites/example.settings.local.php
+++ b/sites/example.settings.local.php
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@
  * filename is 'sites/yoursite.com/settings.local.php'. Then, go to the bottom
  * of 'sites/yoursite.com/settings.php' and uncomment the commented lines that
  * mention 'settings.local.php'.
+ * To use all functionality provided by this feature, you'll also want to copy
+ * and rename the sibling file 'example.services.local.yml' such that its path
+ * plus filename is 'sites/yoursite.com/services.local.yml'.
  */
 
+// Enable local development services.
+if (file_exists(DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $site_path . '/services.local.yml')) {
+  $settings['container_yamls'][] = DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $site_path . '/services.local.yml';
+}
+
 // Show all error messages, with backtrace information.
 $config['system.logging']['error_level'] = 'verbose';
 
@@ -17,10 +25,6 @@
 $config['system.performance']['css']['preprocess'] = FALSE;
 $config['system.performance']['js']['preprocess'] = FALSE;
 
-// Enable local services.
-if (file_exists(DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $site_path . '/services.local.yml')) {
-  $settings['container_yamls'][] = DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $site_path . '/services.local.yml';
-}
 // Disable the render cache, by using the Null cache back-end defined by the
 // services.local.yml file above.
 $settings['cache']['bins']['render'] = 'cache.backend.null';