diff --git a/historytailbash b/historytailbash
index 74c71b4..4fa43cc 100755
--- a/historytailbash
+++ b/historytailbash
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Add the following 2 lines to your ~/.bashrc file to tell bash to save your history
+# to the history file after each command rather than after shell exit
+#
+# shopt -s histappend
+# PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND"
+#
+
 #Ensure we have the quantity specified on the CLI
 if [ -z "$2" ]; then ARG_ERR=ERR; fi
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then ARG_ERR=ERR; fi