diff --git a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/build-templates.sh b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/build-templates.sh
index 00519b5..12d8826 100755
--- a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/build-templates.sh	
+++ b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/build-templates.sh	
@@ -933,6 +933,10 @@ generate() {
     done
     [[ "$ANSIBLE_SSH_PUBKEY" != *"AAAA..."* ]] \
         || die "ANSIBLE_SSH_PUBKEY is still the placeholder from shared.conf.example: set your ansible public key in $SHARED_CONF."
+    [[ "$CI_SSH_KEY" != *"<your-github-user>"* ]] \
+        || die "CI_SSH_KEY still has the <your-github-user> placeholder: set your key or GitHub user (or blank it) in $SHARED_CONF."
+    [[ ! "$WAKATIME_CFG" =~ api_key[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*x+[[:space:]]*$ ]] \
+        || die "WAKATIME_CFG still has the xxxxxxxx api_key placeholder: set your key (or blank WAKATIME_CFG) in $SHARED_CONF."
     [[ "$DOTFILES_RAW" != *"<you>"* ]] \
         || warn "DOTFILES_RAW still has the <you> placeholder: set your dotfiles URL (or blank it) in $SHARED_CONF."
     check_mail
diff --git a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/base.conf.example b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/base.conf.example
index 1fdbb76..b7dbd9b 100644
--- a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/base.conf.example	
+++ b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/base.conf.example	
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # =============================================================================
 #  profiles/base.conf  -  the base template: a server
-#  Copy to profiles/base.conf and edit. That file is git-ignored.
+#  ./build-templates.sh --init copies this to profiles/base.conf in your config
+#  folder (next to shared.conf). Or copy it to profiles/base.conf next to the
+#  script: *.conf is git-ignored.
 #
 #  A plain create-ubuntu-cloud-template.sh profile (see profile.conf.example
 #  for every key). build-templates.sh puts the host defaults from shared.conf
diff --git a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/desktop.conf.example b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/desktop.conf.example
index 9b8a12c..e6f9588 100644
--- a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/desktop.conf.example	
+++ b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/desktop.conf.example	
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # =============================================================================
 #  profiles/desktop.conf  -  the desktop template: GNOME plus RDP
-#  Copy to profiles/desktop.conf and edit. That file is git-ignored.
+#  ./build-templates.sh --init copies this to profiles/desktop.conf in your config
+#  folder (next to shared.conf). Or copy it to profiles/desktop.conf next to the
+#  script: *.conf is git-ignored.
 #
 #  A plain create-ubuntu-cloud-template.sh profile (see profile.conf.example
 #  for every key). build-templates.sh puts the host defaults from shared.conf
diff --git a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/extras.conf.example b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/extras.conf.example
index 774da1c..458eed1 100644
--- a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/extras.conf.example	
+++ b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/profiles/extras.conf.example	
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # =============================================================================
 #  profiles/extras.conf  -  the extras template: a server plus admin tools
-#  Copy to profiles/extras.conf and edit. That file is git-ignored.
+#  ./build-templates.sh --init copies this to profiles/extras.conf in your config
+#  folder (next to shared.conf). Or copy it to profiles/extras.conf next to the
+#  script: *.conf is git-ignored.
 #
 #  A plain create-ubuntu-cloud-template.sh profile (see profile.conf.example
 #  for every key). build-templates.sh puts the host defaults from shared.conf
diff --git a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/shared.conf.example b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/shared.conf.example
index f8a6081..a450fa2 100644
--- a/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/shared.conf.example	
+++ b/Bash/Proxmox Scripts/Ubuntu Cloud Template/shared.conf.example	
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # =============================================================================
 #  shared.conf  -  settings for every template built by build-templates.sh
-#  Copy to shared.conf and fill in. That file is git-ignored: it holds
-#  passwords and keys. Anything left out keeps the script default.
+#  ./build-templates.sh --init copies this to ~/.config/ubuntu-templates/
+#  shared.conf (outside the git clone). Or copy it to shared.conf next to
+#  the script: *.conf is git-ignored. It holds passwords and keys. Anything
+#  left out keeps the script default.
 #
 #  Per-template VM settings (name, tags, packages, snapd, IPv6, desktop,
 #  RAM, disk) are not here: they live in profiles/<template>.conf.