-## Set list of mailservers for alert delivery. Multiple servers may be
-## specified using comma separator. By default monit uses port 25 - it is
-## possible to override it with the PORT option.
+### Set the location of the Monit id file which stores the unique id for the
+### Monit instance. The id is generated and stored on first Monit start. By
+### default the file is placed in $HOME/.monit.id.
+#
+# set idfile /var/.monit.id
+#
+### Set the location of the Monit state file which saves monitoring states
+### on each cycle. By default the file is placed in $HOME/.monit.state. If
+### the state file is stored on a persistent filesystem, Monit will recover
+### the monitoring state across reboots. If it is on temporary filesystem, the
+### state will be lost on reboot which may be convenient in some situations.
+#
+# set statefile /var/.monit.state
+#
+## Set the list of mail servers for alert delivery. Multiple servers may be
+## specified using a comma separator. By default Monit uses port 25 - it is
+## possible to override this with the PORT option.