diff --git a/resources/helm/conda-store/values.yaml b/resources/helm/conda-store/values.yaml
index 04ea06a2a..1b3812698 100644
--- a/resources/helm/conda-store/values.yaml
+++ b/resources/helm/conda-store/values.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 gateway:
+  # Number of instances of the conda-store-server to run
   replicas: 1
 
+  # Annotations to apply to the conda-store-server pods
   annotations: {}
 
+  # Resource requests/limits for the conda-store-server pod
   resources: {}
 
+  # Path prefix to serve conda-store-server api requests under
   prefix: /
 
+  # The conda-store-server log level
   loglevel: INFO
 
+  # The image to use for the conda-store-server pod
   image:
     name: quansight/conda-store-server
     tag: "set-by-chartpress"
@@ -16,16 +22,20 @@ gateway:
 
   imagePullSecrets: []
 
+  # Configuration for the conda-store-server
   service:
     annotations: {}
 
   auth:
+    # The auth type to use. One of {simple, kerberos, jupyterhub, custom}.
     type: simple
 
     simple:
+      # A shared password to use for all users.
       password:
 
     kerberos:
+      # Path to the HTTP keytab for this node.
       keytab:
 
     jupyterhub:
@@ -33,23 +43,30 @@ gateway:
       apiUrl:
 
     custom:
+      # The full authenticator class name.
       class:
 
+      # Configuration fields to set on the authenticator class.
       config: {}
 
   livenessProbe:
+    # Enables the livenessProbe.
     enabled: true
+    # Configures the livenessProbe.
     initialDelaySeconds: 5
     timeoutSeconds: 2
     periodSeconds: 10
     failureThreshold: 6
   readinessProbe:
+    # Enables the readinessProbe.
     enabled: true
+    # Configures the readinessProbe.
     initialDelaySeconds: 5
     timeoutSeconds: 2
     periodSeconds: 10
     failureThreshold: 3
 
+  # nodeSelector, affinity, and tolerations the for the `api` pod conda-store-server
   nodeSelector: {}
   affinity: {}
   tolerations: []
@@ -58,12 +75,14 @@ gateway:
 
   backend:
     image:
+      # The image to use for both schedulers and workers
       name: quansight/conda-store
       tag: "set-by-chartpress"
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
     namespace:
 
+    # A mapping of environment variables to set for both schedulers and workers.
     environment: {}
 
     scheduler:
@@ -71,10 +90,12 @@ gateway:
 
       extraContainerConfig: {}
 
+      # Cores request/limit for the scheduler.
       cores:
         request:
         limit:
 
+      # Memory request/limit for the scheduler.
       memory:
         request:
         limit:
@@ -84,10 +105,12 @@ gateway:
 
       extraContainerConfig: {}
 
+      # Cores request/limit for each worker.
       cores:
         request:
         limit:
 
+      # Memory request/limit for each worker.
       memory:
         request:
         limit:
@@ -97,54 +120,78 @@ gateway:
 controller:
   enabled: true
 
+  # Any annotations to add to the controller pod
   annotations: {}
 
+  # Resource requests/limits for the controller pod
   resources: {}
 
+  # Image pull secrets for controller pod
   imagePullSecrets: []
 
+  # The controller log level
   loglevel: INFO
 
+  # Max time (in seconds) to keep around records of completed clusters.
+  # Default is 24 hours.
   completedClusterMaxAge: 86400
 
+  # Time (in seconds) between cleanup tasks removing records of completed
+  # clusters. Default is 5 minutes.
   completedClusterCleanupPeriod: 600
 
+  # Base delay (in seconds) for backoff when retrying after failures.
   backoffBaseDelay: 0.1
 
+  # Max delay (in seconds) for backoff when retrying after failures.
   backoffMaxDelay: 300
 
+  # Limit on the average number of k8s api calls per second.
   k8sApiRateLimit: 50
 
+  # Limit on the maximum number of k8s api calls per second.
   k8sApiRateLimitBurst: 100
 
+  # The image to use for the controller pod.
   image:
     name: quansight/conda-store-server
     tag: "set-by-chartpress"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
+  # Settings for nodeSelector, affinity, and tolerations for the controller pods
   nodeSelector: {}
   affinity: {}
   tolerations: []
 
+# traefik nested config relates to the traefik Pod and Traefik running within it
+# that is acting as a proxy for traffic towards the gateway
 traefik:
+  # Number of instances of the proxy to run
   replicas: 1
 
+  # Any annotations to add to the proxy pods
   annotations: {}
 
+  # Resource requests/limits for the proxy pods
   resources: {}
 
+  # The image to use for the proxy pod
   image:
     name: traefik
     tag: "2.6.3"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   imagePullSecrets: []
 
+  # Any additional arguments to forward to traefik
   additionalArguments: []
 
+  # The proxy log level
   loglevel: WARN
 
+  # Whether to expose the dashboard on port 9000 (enable for debugging only!)
   dashboard: false
 
+  # Additional configuration for the traefik service
   service:
     type: LoadBalancer
     annotations: {}
@@ -161,9 +208,14 @@ traefik:
   affinity: {}
   tolerations: []
 
+# rbac nested configuration relates to the choice of creating or replacing
+# resources like (Cluster)Role, (Cluster)RoleBinding, and ServiceAccount.
 rbac:
   enabled: true
 
+  # Existing names to use if ClusterRoles, ClusterRoleBindings, and
+  # ServiceAccounts have already been created by other means (leave set to
+  # `null` to create all required roles at install time)
   controller:
     serviceAccountName:
 
@@ -173,4 +225,8 @@ rbac:
   traefik:
     serviceAccountName:
 
+# global nested configuration is accessible by all Helm charts that may depend
+# on each other, but not used by this Helm chart. An entry is created here to
+# validate its use and catch YAML typos via this configurations associated JSON
+# schema.
 global: {}