diff --git a/incubator/nginx/examples/nginx.jsonnet b/incubator/nginx/examples/nginx.jsonnet
index 485b5d6..c1dd6cf 100644
--- a/incubator/nginx/examples/nginx.jsonnet
+++ b/incubator/nginx/examples/nginx.jsonnet
@@ -3,9 +3,23 @@ local nginx = import '../nginx.libsonnet';
 
 local namespace = "dev-alex";
 local appName = "nginx-app";
+// sample configuration for php-fpm
+// Note: must escape file path with extra \
+local sbConfig = "server {
+  listen 0.0.0.0:80;
+  root /app;
+  location / {
+    index index.html index.php;
+  }
+  location ~ \\.php$ {
+    fastcgi_pass phpfpm-server:9000;
+    fastcgi_index index.php;
+    include fastcgi.conf;
+  }
+}";
 
 k.core.v1.list.new([
   nginx.parts.deployment.withServerBlock(namespace, appName),
   nginx.parts.service(namespace, appName),
-  nginx.parts.serverBlockConfigMap(namespace, appName),
+  nginx.parts.serverBlockConfigMap(namespace, appName, sbConfig),
 ])
diff --git a/incubator/nginx/mixin.yaml b/incubator/nginx/mixin.yaml
index d740c28..3efd805 100644
--- a/incubator/nginx/mixin.yaml
+++ b/incubator/nginx/mixin.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nginx",
   "version": "0.0.1",
-  "description": "TODO: YOUR DESCRIPTION HERE",
+  "description": "This library makes it easy to deploy a Nginx Server to your Kubernetes cluster using ksonnet prototypes. Each prototype is made up of a subset of the following preconfigured components: deployment, service, and network policy.",
   "author": "ksonnet team <ksonnet-help@heptio.com>",
   "contributors": [
     {
diff --git a/incubator/nginx/nginx.libsonnet b/incubator/nginx/nginx.libsonnet
index 67bf541..3dcaaf4 100644
--- a/incubator/nginx/nginx.libsonnet
+++ b/incubator/nginx/nginx.libsonnet
@@ -115,25 +115,7 @@ local container = deployment.mixin.spec.template.spec.containersType;
       },
     },
 
-    serverBlockConfigMap(namespace, name):: {
-      local defaults = {
-        // example PHP-FPM vhost
-        vhost:
-        |||
-        server {
-          listen 0.0.0.0:80;
-          root /app;
-          location / {
-            index index.html index.php;
-          }
-          location ~ \.php$ {
-            fastcgi_pass phpfpm-server:9000;
-            fastcgi_index index.php;
-            include fastcgi.conf;
-          }
-        }
-      |||
-      },
+    serverBlockConfigMap(namespace, name, sbConfig):: {
       apiVersion: "v1",
       kind: "ConfigMap",
       metadata: {
@@ -142,7 +124,7 @@ local container = deployment.mixin.spec.template.spec.containersType;
         labels: { app: name },
       },
       data: {
-        "vhost.conf": defaults.vhost,
+        "vhost.conf": sbConfig,
       },
     },
   },
diff --git a/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-server-block.jsonnet b/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-server-block.jsonnet
index ecef175..c0af6af 100644
--- a/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-server-block.jsonnet
+++ b/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-server-block.jsonnet
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 // @apiVersion 0.0.1
 // @name io.ksonnet.pkg.nginx-server-block
-// @description Deploys a simple, stateless nginx server with server blocks (roughly equivalent
-//   to nginx virtual hosts). The nginx container is deployed using a
-//   Kubernetes deployment, and is exposed to a network with a service.
-// @param namespace string Namespace in which to put the application
-// @param name string Name to give to all components.
-
-// TODO: How should the ServerBlockConf be exposed to the user? Not quite sure what the default does except for setting web server to port 80.
+// @description When generated and applied, this prototype deploys stateless nginx server with server blocks (roughly equivalent
+//   to Apache virtual hosts). The nginx container is deployed using a
+//   Kubernetes deployment, and is exposed to a network with a service. The configMap is used to specify the files served.
+// @param namespace string Namespace to specify destination within cluster
+// @param name string Name of app to attach as identifier to all parts
+// @param sbConfig string Server block configuration data to store
 
 local k = import 'ksonnet.beta.2/k.libsonnet';
 local nginx = import 'incubator/nginx/nginx.libsonnet';
 
 local namespace = import 'param://namespace';
 local appName = import 'param://name';
+local serverBlockConfig = import 'param://serverblockconfig'
 
 k.core.v1.list.new([
   nginx.parts.deployment.withServerBlock(namespace, appName),
   nginx.parts.service(namespace, appName),
-  nginx.parts.serverBlockConfigMap(namespace, appName),
+  nginx.parts.serverBlockConfigMap(namespace, appName, serverBlockConfig),
 ])
diff --git a/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-simple.jsonnet b/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-simple.jsonnet
index 562248b..e85d5ad 100644
--- a/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-simple.jsonnet
+++ b/incubator/nginx/prototypes/nginx-simple.jsonnet
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 // @apiVersion 0.0.1
 // @name io.ksonnet.pkg.nginx-simple
-// @description Deploys a simple, stateless nginx server with server blocks (roughly equivalent
-//   to nginx virtual hosts). The nginx container is deployed using a
-//   Kubernetes deployment, and is exposed to a network with a service.
-// @param namespace string Namespace in which to put the application
-// @param name string Name to give to each of the components
-
+// @description When generated and applied, this prototype deploys a stateless nginx web
+//   server. The nginx container is deployed using a Kubernetes deployment, and
+//   is exposed to a network through a service.
+// @param namespace string Namespace to specify destination within cluster
+// @param name string Name of app to attach as identifier to all parts
 
 local k = import 'ksonnet.beta.2/k.libsonnet';
 local nginx = import 'incubator/nginx/nginx.libsonnet';