diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
index 72e38b81..adb5c522 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
@@ -191,8 +191,10 @@ iconsdir = @prefix@/share/recoll/images
 usesystemfilecommand = 1
 # Actual command to use as "file -i" workalike. xdg-mime works fine here.
 # The file path will be added as a last parameter to the command line. If
-# that's not what your preferred command would like, use an intermediary script
+# that's not what your preferred command would like, use an intermediary
+# script.
 # systemfilecommand = xdg-mime query filetype
+# systemfilecommand = file -i filetype
 
 # Should we index the file names of files with mime types we don't
 # know? (we can otherwise just ignore them)