diff --git a/docs/conf.rst b/docs/conf.rst
index 87d3517d0..bec4c7e87 100644
--- a/docs/conf.rst
+++ b/docs/conf.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Sample kitty.conf
    pre-existing :file:`kitty.conf`, then that will be used instead, delete it to
    see the sample file.
 
+A default configuration file can also be generated by running::
+
+    kitty +runpy 'from kitty.config import *; print(commented_out_default_config())'
+
+This will print the commented out default config file to :file:`STDOUT`.
 
 All mappable actions
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