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diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 2045ca1f3..5dc7b5246 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -116,6 +116,56 @@ APT
   // Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
   // does a ExecFork)
   Keep-Fds {};
+
+  // control parameters for cron jobs by /etc/cron.daily/apt
+  Periodic
+  {
+  BackupArchiveInterval "0";
+  // - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
+
+  BackupLevel "3";
+  // - Backup level.(0=disable), 1 is invalid.
+
+  // APT::Archives::MaxAge "0"; (old, deprecated)
+  MaxAge "0"; // (new)
+  // - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache 
+  //   package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
+
+  // APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
+  MinAge "2"; // (new)
+  // - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
+  //   will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races 
+  //   and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
+
+  // APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
+  MaxSize "0"; // (new)
+  // - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
+  //   is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
+  //   requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted 
+  //   first).
+
+  Update-Package-Lists "0";
+  // - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
+  //   
+  Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
+  // - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
+  //
+  Unattended-Upgrade "0";
+  // - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script 
+  //   every n-days (0=disabled)
+  //   Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
+  //   a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
+  //
+  AutocleanInterval "0";
+  // - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
+
+  Verbose "0";
+  // - Send report mail to root
+  //   0:  no report             (or null string)
+  //   1:  progress report       (actually any string)
+  //   2:  + command outputs     (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
+  //   3:  + trace on            
+  };
 };
 
 // Options for the downloading routines
@@ -214,6 +264,8 @@ Dir "/"
   // Location of the cache dir
   Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
      Archives "archives/";
+     // backup directory created by /etc/cron.daily/apt
+     Backup "backup/"; 
      srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
      pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";     
   };