diff -r 19e9478c1a22 -r 6ed183760e70 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Mar 06 17:26:49 2014 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Mar 07 14:29:26 2014 -0500
@@ -1494,7 +1494,8 @@
                 '# example config (see "hg help config" for more info)\n'
                 '\n'
                 '[ui]\n'
-                '# set this to your full email address\n'
+                '# name and email, e.g.\n'
+                '# username = Jane Doe <jdoe@example.com>\n'
                 'username =\n'
                 '\n'
                 '[extensions]\n'