diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki.setup b/doc/ikiwiki.setup
index c96a45f78..3532a4e6b 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki.setup
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki.setup
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ use IkiWiki::Setup::Standard {
 	# Default settings for the recentchanges page.
 	#recentchangespage => "recentchanges",
 	#recentchangesnum => 100,
+	# Use new '!'-prefixed directive syntax
+	#prefix_directives => 0,
 
 	# To add plugins, list them here.
 	#add_plugins => [qw{goodstuff search wikitext camelcase