diff --git a/config-dist.php b/config-dist.php
index 5b83571eae9..5a34a57b24d 100644
--- a/config-dist.php
+++ b/config-dist.php
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ $CFG->dboptions = array(
     'dbcollation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci', // MySQL has partial and full UTF-8
                                 // support. If you wish to use partial UTF-8
                                 // (three bytes) then set this option to
-                                // 'utf8_unicode_ci', otherwise this option
-                                // can be removed for MySQL (by default it will
-                                // use 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'. This option should
-                                // be removed for all other databases.
+                                // 'utf8_unicode_ci'. If using the recommended
+                                // settings with full UTF-8 support this should
+                                // be set to 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'. This option
+                                // should be removed for all other databases.
     // 'versionfromdb' => false,   // On MySQL and MariaDB, this can force
                                 // the DB version to be evaluated using
                                 // the VERSION function instead of the version