diff --git a/g10/ChangeLog b/g10/ChangeLog
index ccbc1cbb5..554c12b11 100644
--- a/g10/ChangeLog
+++ b/g10/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-28  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* options.skel: Make the example for force-v3-sigs match
+	reality (it has defaulted to off since 2007-10-25).
+
 2010-09-06  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
 
 	* card-util.c (card_status): Remove stub creation for GnuPG >= 2.
diff --git a/g10/options.skel b/g10/options.skel
index deb71c911..534affcd2 100644
--- a/g10/options.skel
+++ b/g10/options.skel
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # the users home directory.
 # $Id$
 # Options for GnuPG
-# Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
+#           2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # 
 # This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
 # unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
@@ -39,12 +40,12 @@
 #default-recipient some-user-id
 #default-recipient-self
 
-# By default GnuPG creates version 3 signatures for data files.  This
-# is not strictly OpenPGP compliant but PGP 6 and most versions of PGP
-# 7 require them.  To disable this behavior, you may use this option
-# or --openpgp.
+# By default GnuPG creates version 4 signatures for data files as
+# specified by OpenPGP.  Some earlier (PGP 6, PGP 7) versions of PGP
+# require the older version 3 signatures.  Setting this option forces
+# GnuPG to create version 3 signatures.
 
-#no-force-v3-sigs
+#force-v3-sigs
 
 # Because some mailers change lines starting with "From " to ">From "
 # it is good to handle such lines in a special way when creating