diff --git a/offlineimap.conf b/offlineimap.conf
index 80d662f..06f883b 100644
--- a/offlineimap.conf
+++ b/offlineimap.conf
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ localfolders = ~/Test
 
 sep = .
 
+# Some users on *nix platforms may not want the atime (last access
+# time) to be modified by OfflineIMAP.  In these cases, they would
+# want to set restoreatime to yes.  OfflineIMAP will make an effort
+# to not touch the atime if you do that.
+#
+# In most cases, the default of no should be sufficient.
+
+restoreatime = no
+
 [Repository RemoteExample]
 
 # And this is the remote repository.  For now, we only support IMAP here.