diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 3371849957e94..967164586acc1 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -159,13 +159,14 @@
 /**
  * This sets the default language on your Nextcloud server, using ISO_639-1
  * language codes such as ``en`` for English, ``de`` for German, and ``fr`` for
- * French. It overrides automatic language detection on public pages like login
- * or shared items. User's language preferences configured under "personal ->
- * language" override this setting after they have logged in. Nextcloud has two
- * distinguished language codes for German, 'de' and 'de_DE'. 'de' is used for
- * informal German and 'de_DE' for formal German. By setting this value to 'de_DE'
- * you can enforce the formal version of German unless the user has chosen
- * something different explicitly.
+ * French. The default_language parameter is only used, when the browser does
+ * not send any language, and the user hasn’t configured own language
+ * preferences.
+ *
+ * Nextcloud has two distinguished language codes for German, 'de' and 'de_DE'.
+ * 'de' is used for informal German and 'de_DE' for formal German. By setting
+ * this value to 'de_DE' you can enforce the formal version of German unless
+ * the user has chosen something different explicitly.
  *
  * Defaults to ``en``
  */