diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a8e868dd..1169c8e1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+fail2ban (0.8.6-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Provide instrucitons in jail.conf on how to comment (Closes: #676146)
+    Thanks Stefano Forli for a hint
+
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:45:32 -0400
+
 fail2ban (0.8.6-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Added dovecot section to Debian's jail.conf.  Thanks to Laurent
diff --git a/debian/jail.conf b/debian/jail.conf
index 92882d02..fae7ee6a 100644
--- a/debian/jail.conf
+++ b/debian/jail.conf
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 # Fail2Ban configuration file.
 #
 # This file was composed for Debian systems from the original one
-#  provided now under /usr/share/doc/fail2ban/examples/jail.conf
-#  for additional examples.
+# provided now under /usr/share/doc/fail2ban/examples/jail.conf
+# for additional examples.
+#
+# Comments: use '#' for comment lines and ';' for inline comments
 #
 # To avoid merges during upgrades DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE
 # and rather provide your changes in /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
 #
-# Author: Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
-#
-# $Revision$
-#
 
 # The DEFAULT allows a global definition of the options. They can be overridden
 # in each jail afterwards.