diff --git a/conf/sample.ini b/conf/sample.ini
index 08d87c799ea..2cccab06362 100644
--- a/conf/sample.ini
+++ b/conf/sample.ini
@@ -353,9 +353,11 @@
 ;enabled = false
 ;path = /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
 
-#################################### Alerting ######################################
+#################################### Alerting ############################
 [alerting]
-# Makes it possible to turn off alert rule execution.
+# Disable alerting engine & UI features
+;enabled = true
+# Makes it possible to turn off alert rule execution but alerting UI is visible
 ;execute_alerts = true
 
 #################################### Internal Grafana Metrics ##########################