diff --git a/site/docs/configuration.md b/site/docs/configuration.md
index e9a21db7..23b16e9a 100644
--- a/site/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/site/docs/configuration.md
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ defaults:
       layout: "default"
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-Now, this will only set the layout for files where the type is `post`. The different types that are available to you are `page`, `post`, or `draft`. While `type` is optional, you must specify a value for `path` when creating a `scope/values` pair.
+Now, this will only set the layout for files where the type is `post`.
+The different types that are available to you are `page`, `post`, `draft` or any collection in your site. While `type` is optional, you must specify a value for `path` when creating a `scope/values` pair.
 
 As mentioned earlier, you can set multiple scope/values pairs for `defaults`.
 
@@ -333,6 +334,22 @@ defaults:
 
 With these defaults, all posts would use the `my-site` layout. Any html files that exist in the `projects/` folder will use the `project` layout, if it exists. Those files will also have the `page.author` [liquid variable](../variables/) set to `Mr. Hyde` as well as have the category for the page set to `project`.
 
+{% highlight yaml %}
+collections:
+  - my_collection:
+    output: true
+
+defaults:
+  -
+    scope:
+      path: ""
+      type: "my_collection" # a collection in your site
+    values:
+      layout: "default"
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+In this example the `layout` is set to `default` inside the [collection](../collections) with the name `my_collection`.
+
 ### Precedence
 
 Jekyll will apply all of the configuration settings you specify in the `defaults` section of your `_config.yml` file. However, you can choose to override settings from other scope/values pair by specifying a more specific path for the scope.