diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg
index 5777f52e480..73ddc825b5b 100644
--- a/examples/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/ansible.cfg
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ timeout      = 10
 
 # default user to use for playbooks if user is not specified
 # (/usr/bin/ansible will use current user as default)
-remote_user=root
+#remote_user=root
 
 # logging is off by default unless this path is defined
 # if so defined, consider logrotate