diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a601ef8..dec4f74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ First, copy config.json.example to config.json. Then fill in the fields:
 * `hosts.bare`: Just the (sub)domain of the server.
 * `user_id_format`: A Python `str.format`-style string to format user IDs as
 * `db_url`: A SQLAlchemy URL for the database. See the [SQLAlchemy docs](http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html).
+* `bot_owners`: A list of matrix users the bot won't use a `<username>` prefix for. Can be left blank to print a prefix for all matrix users. Useful if you would like the bridge to replace Telegram for yourself, but also want to allow others to use the Matrix room.
 
 **Synapse configuration**
 
diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index 67378e0..9f7280b 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
         "bare": "DOMAIN.TLD"
     },
 
+    "bot_owners": [
+      "@youruser:DOMAIN.TLD",
+      "@youruser:matrix.org",
+      "@youruser:example.com"
+    ],
+
     "user_id_format": "@telegram_{}:DOMAIN.TLD",
     "db_url": "sqlite:///database.db",