diff --git a/src/lib/config.ts b/src/lib/config.ts
index e384ec1f..565e6db4 100644
--- a/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -658,6 +658,26 @@ export class default_config {
      * - When running `tabopen translate en ja Tridactyl`, with a `translate` searchurl defined with `set searchurls.translate https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=%s1&tl=%s2&text=%s3`, tridactyl will navigate to `https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=ja&text=Tridactyl`.
      *
      * [[setnull]] can be used to "delete" the default search engines. E.g. `setnull searchurls.google`.
+     *
+     * NB: lots of searchurls were removed in October 2021. You can restore them with:
+     *
+     * ```
+     *     set searchurls.googleuk https//www.google.co.uk/search?q=
+     *     set searchurls.yahoo https//search.yahoo.com/search?p=
+     *     set searchurls.twitter https//twitter.com/search?q=
+     *     set searchurls.wikipedia https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpecialSearch/
+     *     set searchurls.youtube https//www.youtube.com/results?search_query=
+     *     set searchurls.amazon https//www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=
+     *     set searchurls.amazonuk https//www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=
+     *     set searchurls.startpage https//startpage.com/do/search?language=english&cat=web&query=
+     *     set searchurls.github https//github.com/search?utf8=✓&q=
+     *     set searchurls.searx https//searx.me/?category_general=on&q=
+     *     set searchurls.cnrtl http//www.cnrtl.fr/lexicographie/
+     *     set searchurls.osm https//www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=
+     *     set searchurls.mdn https//developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=
+     *     set searchurls.gentoo_wiki https//wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=
+     *     set searchurls.qwant https//www.qwant.com/?q=
+     *  ```
      */
     searchurls = {
         google: "https://www.google.com/search?q=",
diff --git a/src/static/newtab.md b/src/static/newtab.md
index 32eb7c1f..457e6777 100644
--- a/src/static/newtab.md
+++ b/src/static/newtab.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Tridactyl has to override your new tab page due to WebExtension limitations. You
 
 -   Tridactyl funding 👀: [donate via GitHub sponsors here](https://github.com/users/bovine3dom/sponsorship). All GitHub and Patreon donors get a nice little newsletter once every few months; people who donate at least 10USD a month get a "tips & tricks" newsletter roughly once a month ([see an example here](https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/master/doc/newsletters/tips-and-tricks/1-hint-css-selectors.md)). You can also donate via [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7JQHV4N2YZCTY), but they charge fairly high fees and you won't get any newsletters. Donations currently go towards ensuring that bovine3dom can afford to work one day a week on Tridactyl. Previously the donations have funded an in-person developer retreat.
 
+-   _Breaking change_: lots of searchurls have been removed because it seems that people were using them by accident more often than on purpose. If you miss one, see `:help searchurls` for how to add it back.
+
 *   If Tridactyl breaks a website or is broken by a website, trying the steps in the [troubleshooting guide](https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/blob/master/doc/troubleshooting.md) might help.
 
 *   You can contact the developers, other users and contributors for support or whatever on [Matrix][matrix-link], [Gitter][gitter-link], [Discord][discord-link] or [IRC][libera-link].