diff --git a/sample.config.snippet.xml b/sample.config.snippet.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55788c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample.config.snippet.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+            <path>/abc</path>
diff --git a/sample.config.xml b/sample.config.xml
index 1d82dc3..e2db783 100644
--- a/sample.config.xml
+++ b/sample.config.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
             <!-- Each path entry is a path to back up.
                  See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html for examples of globbing, etc. -->
             <path>/a</path>
+            <!-- You can also include other snippets. Either absolute paths, paths relative to your backup.xml file,
+                 or a URL. -->
+            <xi:include href="sample.config.snippet.xml"/>
             <!-- Each exclude entry should be a subdirectory of a <path> (otherwise it wouldn't match, obviously).
                  See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html for examples of globbing etc. -->
             <exclude>/a/b</exclude>