diff --git a/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc b/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc
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@@ -262,3 +262,106 @@ qutebrowser tries to display errors which are easy to understand even for people
 who are not used to writing Python. If you see a config error which you find
 confusing or you think qutebrowser could handle better, please
 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues[open an issue]!
+
+Recipes
+~~~~~~~
+
+Reading a YAML file
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To read a YAML config like this:
+
+.config.yml:
+----
+tabs.position: left
+tabs.show: switching
+----
+
+You can use:
+
+.config.py:
+[source,python]
+----
+import yaml
+
+with (config.configdir / 'config.yml').open() as f:
+    yaml_data = yaml.load(f)
+
+for k, v in yaml_data.items():
+    config.set(k, v)
+----
+
+Reading a nested YAML file
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To read a YAML file with nested values like this:
+
+.colors.yml:
+----
+colors:
+  statusbar:
+    normal:
+      bg: lime
+      fg: black
+    url:
+      fg: red
+----
+
+You can use:
+
+.config.py:
+[source,python]
+----
+import yaml
+
+with (config.configdir / 'colors.yml').open() as f:
+    yaml_data = yaml.load(f)
+
+def dict_attrs(obj, path=''):
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        for k, v in obj.items():
+            yield from dict_attrs(v, '{}.{}'.format(path, k) if path else k)
+    else:
+        yield path, obj
+
+for k, v in dict_attrs(yaml_data):
+    config.set(k, v)
+----
+
+Note that this won't work for values which are dictionaries.
+
+Binding chained commands
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you have a lot of chained comamnds you want to bind, you can write a helper
+to do so:
+
+[source,python]
+----
+def bind_chained(key, *commands, force=False):
+    config.bind(key, ' ;; '.join(commands), force=force)
+
+bind_chained('<Escape>', 'clear-keychain', 'search', force=True)
+----
+
+Avoiding flake8 errors
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you use an editor with flake8 integration which complains about `c` and `config` being undefined, you can use:
+
+[source,python]
+----
+c = c  # noqa: F821
+config = config  # noqa: F821
+----
+
+For type annotation support (note that those imports aren't guaranteed to be
+stable across qutebrowser versions):
+
+[source,python]
+----
+from qutebrowser.config.configfiles import ConfigAPI  # noqa: F401
+from qutebrowser.config.config import ConfigContainer  # noqa: F401
+config = config  # type: ConfigAPI # noqa: F821
+c = c  # type: ConfigContainer # noqa: F821
+----