diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index d32c5327e5..bfd3016e83 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ static char *default_user_config(void)
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	strbuf_addf(&buf,
 		    _("# This is Git's per-user configuration file.\n"
-		      "[core]\n"
+		      "[user]\n"
 		      "# Please adapt and uncomment the following lines:\n"
-		      "#	user = %s\n"
+		      "#	name = %s\n"
 		      "#	email = %s\n"),
 		    ident_default_name(),
 		    ident_default_email());