diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg
index fde7257163..a2a3c54d37 100644
--- a/examples/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/ansible.cfg
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@
 # requires a tty by default. 
 #use_tty = True
 
+# Number of times to retry an SSH connection to a host, in case of UNREACHABLE.
+# For each retry attempt, there is an exponential backoff,
+# so after the first attempt there is 1s wait, then 2s, 4s etc. up to 30s (max).
+#retries = 3
+
 [persistent_connection]
 
 # Configures the persistent connection timeout value in seconds.  This value is