diff --git a/client/config/toml.go b/client/config/toml.go
index 0393a5b6ac..621ec3a1f9 100644
--- a/client/config/toml.go
+++ b/client/config/toml.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const defaultConfigTemplate = `# This is a TOML config file.
 chain-id = "{{ .ChainID }}"
 # The keyring's backend, where the keys are stored (os|file|kwallet|pass|test|memory)
 keyring-backend = "{{ .KeyringBackend }}"
-# CLI output format (text|json)
+# CLI output format (text|json), it will override the default values of both query and tx.
 output = "{{ .Output }}"
 # <host>:<port> to Tendermint RPC interface for this chain
 node = "{{ .Node }}"