diff --git a/templates/config.example.el b/templates/config.example.el
index 855186b92..fa39ec981 100644
--- a/templates/config.example.el
+++ b/templates/config.example.el
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 ;; Some functionality uses this to identify you, e.g. GPG configuration, email
 ;; clients, file templates and snippets. It is optional.
-(setq user-full-name "John Doe"
-      user-mail-address "john@doe.com")
+;; (setq user-full-name "John Doe"
+;;       user-mail-address "john@doe.com")
 
 ;; Doom exposes five (optional) variables for controlling fonts in Doom:
 ;;